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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Julia Moore, People.com, 12 Dec. 2024
Graves filed a federal lawsuit in New York claiming she was raped by Combs and his former bodyguard in 2001, an allegation later disputed by the bodyguard, Joseph Sherman, in a November countersuit.
—Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
Chopra Jonas plays a bodyguard to the American president and British prime minister, played by John Cena and Idris Elba.
—Martin Dale, Variety, 11 Dec. 2024
Later, one of the queen’s bodyguards had a bloody wound on his forehead and there was a hole in the back window of the prime minister’s official car.
—Joseph Wilson, Chicago Tribune, 3 Nov. 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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