bodyguard
noun
body·guard
ˈbä-dē-ˌgärd 
: a usually armed attendant or group of attendants whose duty is to protect a person
Examples of bodyguard in a Sentence
They entered the building surrounded by bodyguards.
a member of the royal bodyguard
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Despite being mentioned and thanked multiple times during the dinner, DiCaprio kept a low profile with a bodyguard who blocked unwanted conversations.
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Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2024
In October of that year, Brown and a bodyguard were accused of assaulting a man on a Washington, DC sidewalk.
—Elizabeth Wagmeister and Dan Heching, CNN, 28 Oct. 2024
In 1926, Weiss and his bodyguard were gunned down on the street while walking to fellow gangster Dion O'Banion's flower shop on north State Street.
—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
Recorder Stephen Richer had to get bodyguards because of her attacks; and Maricopa County Supervisor Bill Gates is stepping down because of election-denier harassment that has left him with post-traumatic stress disorder.
—Ronald J. Hansen, The Arizona Republic, 17 Oct. 2024
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Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2024
In October of that year, Brown and a bodyguard were accused of assaulting a man on a Washington, DC sidewalk.
—Elizabeth Wagmeister and Dan Heching, CNN, 28 Oct. 2024
In 1926, Weiss and his bodyguard were gunned down on the street while walking to fellow gangster Dion O'Banion's flower shop on north State Street.
—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
Recorder Stephen Richer had to get bodyguards because of her attacks; and Maricopa County Supervisor Bill Gates is stepping down because of election-denier harassment that has left him with post-traumatic stress disorder.
—Ronald J. Hansen, The Arizona Republic, 17 Oct. 2024
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bodyguard
noun
body·guard
ˈbäd-ē-ˌgärd
: a person or group of persons whose job is to protect someone
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