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bod·y·guard

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–noun

1.	a person or group of persons employed to guard an individual, as a high official, from bodily harm.

2.	a retinue; escort.

–verb (used with object), verb (used without object)

3.	to provide with or act as a bodyguard.

[Origin: 1725–35; body + guard

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n. A person or group of persons, usually armed, responsible for the safety of one or more other persons.

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

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ˈbodyguard noun

a guard or guards to protect (especially an important person)
Example: the president's bodyguard

Arabic:	حَرَسٌ خاص
Chinese (Simplified):	保镖
Chinese (Traditional):	保鏢
Czech:	tělesná (osobní) stráž
Danish:	livvagt
Dutch:	lijfwacht
Estonian:	ihukaitsja
Finnish:	henkivartija
French:	garde du corps
German:	die Leibwache
Greek:	σωματοφύλακας
Hungarian:	testőr
Icelandic:	lífvörður
Indonesian:	pengawal
Italian:	guardia del corpo*

Japanese:	ボディガード
Korean:	신변 경호원
Latvian:	miesassargs; miesassardze
Lithuanian:	asmens sargyba, sargybinis
Norwegian:	livvakt
Polish:	ochrona osobista
Portuguese (Brazil):	guarda-costas
Portuguese (Portugal):	guarda-costas
Romanian:	bodyguard, gardă de corp
Russian:	телохранитель; личная охрана
Slovak:	telesná stráž
Slovenian:	telesna straža
Spanish:	guardaespaldas
Swedish:	livvakt
Turkish:	muhafız, koruma görvlisi