bodyguard

Thân thiện

The politician's bodyguard scans the crowd during the public event.

Definition

Noun: 1. A person or group of people employed to protect someone from harm or attack: A bodyguard is an individual or team whose primary duty is to ensure the physical safety of a specific person, often a public figure or someone at risk. 2. A close protector or escort: This refers to the role of providing security by accompanying and shielding a principal.

Usage

The word "bodyguard" is used to describe a professional security role. It is a countable noun. * It typically follows the person being protected using the preposition "for": bodyguard for the president. * It can be used with possessive determiners: her bodyguard, his bodyguards. * The verb "to act as" or "to serve as" is often used with it: He acts as her personal bodyguard.

Examples

• The celebrity never travels without a bodyguard.
• Two bodyguards quickly formed a protective circle around the diplomat.
• She hired a bodyguard after receiving threatening letters.
• He worked as a bodyguard for a wealthy business executive.

Advanced Usage

• "to bodyguard" (verb, rare/informal): To act as a bodyguard for someone. This verbal use is not standard but can be found in informal contexts.
  • He was hired to bodyguard the visiting dignitary during the summit.

Variants and Related Words

• Close protection officer (CPO): A more formal, professional term for a bodyguard, emphasizing specialized training.
• Security detail: A group of people, which may include bodyguards, assigned to protect a person or place.
• Protector: A more general term for someone who defends or guards.
• Guard: A person who protects, watches over, or supervises. (Less specific than "bodyguard").
• Escort: A person or group accompanying another for protection, guidance, or courtesy.

Synonyms

• Protector
• Guard
• Security guard
• Minders (informal, often used in media contexts)

Related Phrases

• Personal security: The overall concept of protecting an individual.
• Close protection: The security discipline focused on protecting individuals, which is the professional field of bodyguarding.
• In the employ of: A formal way to say someone works for, or is protected by, a bodyguard.
  • The senator is always in the employ of several highly trained bodyguards.

Học thuật

Noun

1. a group of men who escort and protect some important person
2. someone who escorts and protects a prominent person

Từ đồng nghĩa

• escort