bodyguard
noun
body·guard
ˈbä-dē-ˌgärd 
: a usually armed attendant or group of attendants whose duty is to protect a person
Examples of bodyguard in a Sentence
They entered the building surrounded by bodyguards.
a member of the royal bodyguard
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The Texas woman, who used to date an executive at the mogul’s Bad Boys Records, claims Diddy and a bodyguard raped her in 2001 and recorded it.
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Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 13 Jan. 2025
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Later in the evening Holland acted as Zendaya’s bodyguard as the Euphoria star is swarmed by paparazzi outside of the Corner Bar in NYC.
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The special features new interviews with Diddy insiders, such as a childhood friend, a former bodyguard and a Making the Band winner.
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Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 13 Jan. 2025
Diddy: The Making of a Bad Boy features interviews with a bodyguard, makeup artist, and intern of Diddy’s, as well as Dawn Richard’s attorney Lisa Bloom and the R&B artist Al B. Sure!
—Walden Green, Pitchfork, 3 Jan. 2025
Later in the evening Holland acted as Zendaya’s bodyguard as the Euphoria star is swarmed by paparazzi outside of the Corner Bar in NYC.
—Whitney Perry, Glamour, 2 Jan. 2025
The special features new interviews with Diddy insiders, such as a childhood friend, a former bodyguard and a Making the Band winner.
—James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Jan. 2025
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bodyguard
noun
body·guard
ˈbäd-ē-ˌgärd
: a person or group of persons whose job is to protect someone
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