bodyguard

See also: Bodyguard

English

Etymology

From body +‎ guard.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbɒdiɡɑːd/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈbɑːdiɡɑːɹd/

Noun

bodyguard (plural bodyguards)

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

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 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

Alternative forms

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English bodyguard.

Noun

bodyguard m (plural bodyguarzi)

  1. bodyguard
    Synonym: gardă de corp

Declension

Declension of bodyguard
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative bodyguard bodyguardul bodyguarzi bodyguarzii
genitive-dative bodyguard bodyguardului bodyguarzi bodyguarzilor
vocative bodyguardule bodyguarzilor

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