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bodyguard

[ bod-ee-gahrd ]

noun

  1. a person or group of persons employed to guard an individual, as a high official, from bodily harm.
  2. a retinue; escort.


verb (used with or without object)

  1. to provide with or act as a bodyguard.

bodyguard

/ ˈɒɪˌɡɑː /

noun

  1. a person or group of people who escort and protect someone, esp a political figure
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of bodyguard1

First recorded in 1725–35; body + guard
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General Muhoozi Kainerugaba, the son of Uganda's president, has confirmed the detention of an opposition leader's bodyguard, who has been missing for five days.

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After the shooting on late Wednesday, his driver and bodyguard, both unhurt, managed to rush the injured MP to Nairobi Hospital, where he was pronounced dead on arrival.

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The Rams need to protect Matthew Stafford, and getting him bodyguards is more important in the near term than finding a future QB.

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Prince Harry's bodyguards led him out of the court before she was allowed to leave.

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A former bodyguard to the Prince of Wales and Duke of Sussex has died.

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