Associations to the word «Bodyguard»

Wiktionary

BODYGUARD, noun. A person or group of persons, often armed, responsible for protecting an individual.
BODYGUARD, verb. (transitive) To act as bodyguard for (someone); figuratively, to protect.

Dictionary definition

BODYGUARD, noun. Someone who escorts and protects a prominent person.
BODYGUARD, noun. A group of men who escort and protect some important person.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats