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# bodyguard

«bodyguard» in Mova's school dictionary: **a person whose job is to protect an important or famous…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a bodyguard, bodyguards)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A bodyguard is a person whose job is to protect an important or famous person from being attacked or harmed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bodyguard/#m1)

2) A group of such guards is also called a bodyguard. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bodyguard/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In news and stories about royals, presidents and pop stars, bodyguards walk close beside them. In children's play, a big friend may be jokingly called someone's bodyguard. Phrases: «personal bodyguard», «hire a bodyguard», «surrounded by bodyguards».

### examples

- The singer arrived with two bodyguards. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bodyguard/#x1)
- The president's bodyguards wore dark glasses. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bodyguard/#x2)
- The prince's bodyguard walked one step behind him. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bodyguard/#x3)
- My big brother acts like my bodyguard at the park. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bodyguard/#x4)
- A bodyguard must stay calm and alert. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bodyguard/#x5)
- The bodyguard stopped the crowd from pushing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bodyguard/#x6)
- Besides these, he has a strong bodyguard and a good many cross-bowmen. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bodyguard/#x7)

### note

Countable noun, one word: body + guard. Close words: guard, minder (UK informal), security officer.

### In the corpora

- [Every lie needs a bodyguard of new lies, because people ask the next question.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/430-lies-that-grow-one-lie-needs-three-more/7/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «bodyguard» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bodyguard/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.