Bodyguard
['bɒdɪgɑːd] or ['bɑdɪɡɑrd]
Definition
(noun.) a group of men who escort and protect some important person.
(noun.) someone who escorts and protects a prominent person.
Edited by Ingram--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A guard to protect or defend the person; a lifeguard.
(n.) Retinue; attendance; following.
Checked by Justin
Examples
- Hush, hush, ma'am; pray keep yourself quiet,' replied the bodyguard. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- If you only knew how I have loved that man--' Don't distress yourself by recollecting it, ma'am,' said the bodyguard. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Jerry has been my bodyguard on Sunday nights for a long time past and I am used to him. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- It's a shame,' said the bodyguard reproachfully. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- He was walking in a procession into the theatre unarmed, in a white robe, and he was cut down by one of his bodyguard. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Then finally, pell-mell, as rear-guard, Flandre, Swiss, Hundred Swiss, other bodyguards, brigands, whosoever cannot get before. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- With denunciations of bloodthirsty anti-national bodyguards, are heard dark growlings against a queenly name. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
Edited by Cathryn