bodyguard
Americannoun
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a person or group of persons employed to guard an individual, as a high official, from bodily harm.
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a retinue; escort.
verb (used with or without object)
noun
Etymology
Origin of bodyguard
Example Sentences
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That included sometimes tracking the movements of bodyguards who were linked to key officials.
From BBC
If so, he's considered one of his grandfather's most trusted confidantes, having been his personal bodyguard, and more business-orientated than ideological, with no high-level diplomatic experience.
From BBC
He was then taken into custody alongside his bodyguard - neither man has commented on the charges.
From BBC
Internal emails between Epstein's staff confirm that there was "room for both Andrew's bodyguards… one on the 4th floor and one on the 5th floor".
From BBC
Neither the communities nor Yatacue's guard can rely on the large-scale intervention of the state, only a few unarmed state bodyguards accompany them.
From Barron's
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