security guard

noun

: a person whose job is to guard a place (such as a store or museum) and make sure the people and things in it are not harmed

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At the entrance, the security guard gawks. Literary Hub, 17 Oct. 2025 Police spoke to a security guard who later told them that a man living out of a Jeep — later identified as Stevenson — had confronted a group of burglars attempting to break into a marijuana dispensary and exchanged gunfire with them. Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025 Hostages and Missing Families Forum Rom Braslavski, 21, is from Jerusalem and was working as a security guard at the Nova music festival. Jay Ganglani, NBC news, 13 Oct. 2025 Hutcherson starred in the original as a nighttime security guard at Freddys Fazbear’s Pizza, where the animatronic mascots are prone to murder. Jennifer Maas, Variety, 11 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for security guard

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“Security guard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/security%20guard. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.

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