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bodyguard
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun bodyguard has 2 senses
- bodyguard(n = noun.person) escort - someone who escorts and protects a prominent person; Array is a member of guard
- bodyguard(n = noun.group) Array - a group of men who escort and protect some important person; Array is a kind of detachment, guard
is a kind of defender, guardian, protector, shielder
has particulars: outrider, praetorian, praetorian guard, beefeater, yeoman, yeoman of the guard
Derived form verb body guard1
is a part of cortege, entourage, retinue, suite
has particulars: praetorian guard
Derived form verb body guard1
CIDE DICTIONARY
bodyguard, n.
- A guard or group of guards to protect or defend the person; a lifeguard. [1913 Webster]
- Retinue; attendance; following. Bp. Porteus. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
bodyguard, n. a person or group of persons escorting and protecting another person (esp. a dignitary).
THESAURUS
bodyguard
cavalier, chaperon, companion, conductor, convoy, duenna, escort, esquire, fellow traveler, gentleman-at-arms, guard, guards, guardsman, praetorian guard, safe-conduct, safeguard, shepherd, squire, swain, usher, yeomanROGET THESAURUS
bodyguard
Defense
N defense, protection, guard, ward, shielding, propugnation, preservation, guardianship, area defense, site defense, self-defense, self-preservation, resistance, safeguard, balistraria, bunker, screen, camouflage, fortification, munition, muniment, trench, foxhole, bulwark, fosse, moat, ditch, entrenchment, intrenchment, kila, dike, dyke, parapet, sunk fence, embankment, mound, mole, bank, sandbag, revetment, earth work, field- work, fence, wall dead wall, contravallation, paling, palisade, haha, stockade, stoccado, laager, sangar, barrier, barricade, boom, portcullis, chevaux de frise, abatis, abattis, abbatis, vallum, circumvallation, battlement, rampart, scarp, escarp, counter-scarp, glacis, casemate, vallation, vanfos, buttress, abutment, shore, breastwork, banquette, curtain, mantlet, bastion, redan, ravelin, vauntmure, advance work, horn work, outwork, barbacan, barbican, redoubt, fort-elage, fort-alice, lines, loophole, machicolation, sally port, hold, stronghold, fastness, asylum, keep, donjon, dungeon, fortress, citadel, capitol, castle, tower of strength, tower of strength, fort, barracoon, pah, sconce, martello tower, peelhouse, blockhouse, rath, wooden walls, bulletproof vest, armored vest, buffer, corner stone, fender, apron, mask, gauntlet, thimble, carapace, armor, shield, buckler, aegis, breastplate, backplate, cowcatcher, face guard, scutum, cuirass, habergeon, mail, coat of mail, brigandine, hauberk, lorication, helmet, helm, bassinet, salade, heaume, morion, murrion, armet, cabaset, vizor, casquetel, siege cap, headpiece, casque, pickelhaube, vambrace, shako, bearskin, panoply, truncheon, garrison, picket, piquet, defender, protector, guardian, bodyguard, champion, knight-errant, Paladin, propugner, bulletproof window, hardened site, defending, defensive, mural, armed, armed at all points, armed cap-a-pie, armed to the teeth, panoplied, iron-plated, ironclad, loopholed, castellated, machicolated, casemated, defended, proof against, armored, ballproof, bulletproof, hardened, defensively, on the defense, on the defensive, in defense, at bay, pro aris et focis, Int, no surrender!, defense not defiance, Dieu defend le droit, fidei defensor, defender of the faith.Keeper
N keeper, custodian, custos, ranger, warder, jailer, gaoler, turnkey, castellan, guard, watchdog, watchman, Charley, chokidar, durwan, hayward, sentry, sentinel, watch and ward, concierge, coast guard, guarda costa, game keeper, escort, bodyguard, protector, governor, duenna, guardian, governess, nurse, nanny, babysitter, catsitter, dogsitter, bonne, ayah.
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