: a usually armed attendant or group of attendants whose duty is to protect a person
Example Sentences
They entered the building surrounded by bodyguards. a member of the royal bodyguard
Recent Examples on the WebThe scenario will remind audiences of her turn as the U.K. home secretary alongside Richard Madden’s bodyguard in the eponymous BBC drama, which became a global hit when it was picked up by Netflix. Manori Ravindran, Variety, 26 Aug. 2022 The guards confiscated pepper spray from Drakeo’s bodyguard, but Caldwell recalled cars of VIPs driving through unsearched. August Brownstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2022 After dining at the Ritz Hotel in Paris, Princess Diana and Fayed left the hotel, hounded by paparazzi and accompanied by French driver Henri Paul and Diana’s bodyguard, Trevor Rees-Jones. Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 12 Aug. 2022 The committee has also subpoenaed for documents from Jones’ bodyguard on January 6. Madeline Halpert, Forbes, 8 Aug. 2022 Revs climbing, turbo spooling torque, bodyguard nervously reaching for the grab-handle on the roof as the next sharp corner approaches. Brendan Mcaleer, Car and Driver, 6 Aug. 2022 Areo served as captain of the Martell guard and personal bodyguard of Prince Doran Martell (Alexander Siddig), ruler of Dorne. Nick Romano, EW.com, 19 July 2022 Joined by a couple of kids in their early teens and a bodyguard, the celebrity couple shared an order of nachos, a bowl of broccoli-cheese soup and a chicken-bacon ranch salad. John Benson, cleveland, 17 Aug. 2022 With him were pilot Rupert B. De Las Casas and Ricardo Manuel Alcala-Casillas, who was supposed to be the bodyguard for the cocaine.Hartford Courant, 25 July 2022 See More
ADJECTIVE | VERB + BODYGUARD | BODYGUARD + VERB | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤armed配武器的保鏢▸➤personal私人保鏢◇He never goes anywhere without his personal bodyguards.他去任何地方都有私人保鏢陪同。VERB + BODYGUARD➤have, keep有保鏢◇She has to have an armed bodyguard wherever she goes.她不管到哪兒都得有帶武器的保鏢跟從。➤hire雇保鏢BODYGUARD + VERB➤protect sb保鏢保護某人PREPOSITION➤bodyguard to⋯的保鏢◇a former bodyguard to the prince王子以前的保鏢➡ note at job