bodyguard

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English

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Etymology

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From body +‎ guard.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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bodyguard (plural bodyguards)

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

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Verb

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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 March 7, Christopher Hitchens, ‘Burned Out’, Slate:
      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

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from English bodyguard.

Noun

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bodyguard m (plural bodyguarzi)

  1. bodyguard
    Synonym: gardă de corp

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