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bodyguard

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bod·y·guard  (bd-gärd)
n.
A person or group of persons, usually armed, responsible for the safety of one or more other persons.
bodyguard
Noun
a person or group of people employed to protect someone
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.bodyguardbodyguard - someone who escorts and protects a prominent person
escort
guard - a military unit serving to protect some place or person
defender, guardian, protector, shielder - a person who cares for persons or property
outrider - an escort who rides ahead (as a member of the vanguard)
Praetorian, Praetorian Guard - a member of the Praetorian Guard
beefeater, yeoman, yeoman of the guard - officer in the (ceremonial) bodyguard of the British monarch
2.bodyguard - a group of men who escort and protect some important person
detachment - a small unit of troops of special composition
guard - a military unit serving to protect some place or person
entourage, retinue, cortege, suite - the group following and attending to some important person
Praetorian Guard - the elite bodyguard of a Roman Emperor in ancient Rome
Translations
bodyguard [ˈbɔdɪgɑːd] n → guardaespaldas m inv
bodyguard [ˈbɔdɪgɑːd] body n → garde m du corps
bodyguard [ˈbɔdɪgɑːd] n (group) → Leibwache f;
(one person) → Leibwächter m
bodyguard [ˈbɔdɪgɑːd] n → guardia del corpo


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We will now hold a military drill by my picked Bodyguard of Royal Pikemen.
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But at last the Bitch, protected by the bodyguard of her Whelps, who had now grown up and were able to defend themselves, asserted her exclusive right to the place and would not permit the shepherd to approach.
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Pott's person was a bodyguard of one, a young lady whose ostensible employment was to preside over her toilet, but who rendered herself useful in a variety of ways, and in none more so than in the particular department of constantly aiding and abetting her mistress in every wish and inclination opposed to the desires of the unhappy Pott.
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