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Webster 1913 Edition


Bodyguard

Bod′y-guardˊ

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Noun.
1.
A guard or group of guards to protect or defend the person; a lifeguard.
2.
Retinue; attendance; following.
Bp. Porteus.

Definition 2024


Bodyguard

Bodyguard

See also: bodyguard

German

Noun

Bodyguard m (genitive Bodyguards, plural Bodyguards)

  1. bodyguard

Declension

Synonyms

bodyguard

bodyguard

See also: Bodyguard

English

Noun

bodyguard (plural bodyguards)

  1. A person or group of persons, often armed, responsible for protecting an individual.

Translations

Verb

bodyguard (third-person singular simple present bodyguards, present participle bodyguarding, simple past and past participle bodyguarded)

  1. (transitive) To act as bodyguard for (someone); figuratively, to protect.
    • 2005, Christopher Hitchens, ‘Burned Out’, Slate, Mar 7 2005:
      The same report, on a news page and not bodyguarded by any news analysis warning, goes on to say that repeated discoveries of cheating and covert activity mean that the credibility of Iran has been harmed.

Romanian

Alternative forms

  • bodigard

Etymology

Borrowing from English bodyguard.

Noun

bodyguard m (plural bodyguarzi)

  1. bodyguard

Declension

Synonyms

  • gardă de corp
  • gorilă (figurative, derogatory)

References