Meanings
verbbodyguard (third-person singular simple present bodyguards, present participle bodyguarding, simple past and past participle bodyguarded)
present singular third person bodyguards · participle present bodyguarding · participle past bodyguarded · past bodyguarded
- transitiveTo act as bodyguard for (someone).
- figurativelytransitiveTo protect (someone or something).
The same report, on a news page and not bodyguarded by any news analysis warning, goes on to say that repeated discoveries of cheating and covert activity mean that the credibility of Iran has been harmed.
2005 March 7, Christopher Hitchens, ‘Burned Out’, Slate
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA person or group of persons, often armed, responsible for protecting someone.
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nounsomeone who escorts and protects a prominent person
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Translations
Afrikaans lyfwag
- lyfwagperson responsible for protecting someone
Ancient Greek σωματοφύλαξ, δορύφορος
- σωματοφύλαξ (sōmatophúlax)person responsible for protecting someone
- δορύφορος (dorúphoros)person responsible for protecting someone
Arabic حَرَس خَاصّ, حَرَس
- حَرَس خَاصّ (ḥaras ḵāṣṣ)person responsible for protecting someone
- حَرَس (ḥaras)person responsible for protecting someone
- حَارِس (ḥāris)person responsible for protecting someone
- حَارِس شَخْصِيّ (ḥāris šaḵṣiyy)person responsible for protecting someone
Basque bizkartzain
- bizkartzainperson responsible for protecting someone
Bengali দেহরক্ষী বরকন্দাজ, মহাফেজ
- দেহরক্ষী বরকন্দাজ (dehorokkhi)person responsible for protecting someone
- মহাফেজ (mohaphej)person responsible for protecting someone
Bulgarian телохрани́тел, бодига́рд
- телохрани́тел (telohranítel)person responsible for protecting someone
- бодига́рд (bodigárd)person responsible for protecting someone
Catalan guardaespatlles
- guardaespatllesperson responsible for protecting someone
Chinese Cantonese 保鏢 /保镖, 護衛 /护卫
- 保鏢 /保镖 (bou² biu¹)person responsible for protecting someone
- 護衛 /护卫 (wu⁶ wai⁶)person responsible for protecting someone
Chinese Mandarin 保鏢 /保镖, 護衛 /护卫
- 保鏢 /保镖 (bǎobiāo)person responsible for protecting someone
- 護衛 /护卫 (hùwèi)person responsible for protecting someone
- 衛士 /卫士 (wèishì)person responsible for protecting someone
Czech tělesná stráž, bodyguard
- tělesná strážperson responsible for protecting someone
- bodyguardperson responsible for protecting someone
- osobní strážceperson responsible for protecting someone
Danish livvagt
- livvagtperson responsible for protecting someone
Dutch lijfwacht, lijfgarde
- lijfwachtperson responsible for protecting someone
- lijfgardeperson responsible for protecting someone
- persoonsbeveiligerperson responsible for protecting someone
- bodyguardperson responsible for protecting someone
Esperanto korpogardisto, korpogardistaro
- korpogardistoperson responsible for protecting someone
- korpogardistaroperson responsible for protecting someone
- kapogardistoperson responsible for protecting someone
Estonian turvamees, ihukaitsja
- turvameesperson responsible for protecting someone
- ihukaitsjaperson responsible for protecting someone
Finnish turvamies, henkivartija
- turvamiesperson responsible for protecting someone
- henkivartijaperson responsible for protecting someone
French garde du corps
- garde du corpsperson responsible for protecting someone
German Leibwächter, Bodyguard
- Leibwächterperson responsible for protecting someone
- Bodyguardperson responsible for protecting someone
- Personenschützerperson responsible for protecting someone
Greek σωματοφύλακας
- σωματοφύλακας (somatofýlakas)person responsible for protecting someone
Hebrew שׁוֹמֵר רֹאשׁ, שׁוֹמֶרֶת רֹאשׁ
- שׁוֹמֵר רֹאשׁ (shomér rósh)person responsible for protecting someone
- שׁוֹמֶרֶת רֹאשׁ (shomeret rosh)person responsible for protecting someone
Hindi अंगरक्षक, बॉडीगार्ड
- अंगरक्षक (aṅgrakṣak)person responsible for protecting someone
- बॉडीगार्ड (bŏḍīgārḍ)person responsible for protecting someone
Hungarian testőr
- testőrperson responsible for protecting someone
Irish garda cosanta
- garda cosantaperson responsible for protecting someone
Italian guardia del corpo
- guardia del corpoperson responsible for protecting someone
Japanese ボディーガード, 侍衛
- ボディーガード (bodīgādo)person responsible for protecting someone
- 侍衛 (jiei)person responsible for protecting someone
- 親衛兵 (shin'eihei)person responsible for protecting someone
- 用心棒 (yōjinbō)person responsible for protecting someone
- 警護 (keigo)person responsible for protecting someone
- 保鏢 (hohyō)person responsible for protecting someone
- 衛士 (eji)person responsible for protecting someone
Korean 보디가드, 경호원
- 보디가드 (bodigadeu)person responsible for protecting someone
- 경호원 (gyeonghowon)person responsible for protecting someone
- 호위무사 (howimusa)person responsible for protecting someone
Latin stipator, satelles
- stipatorperson responsible for protecting someone
- satellesperson responsible for protecting someone
- custōs corporisperson responsible for protecting someone
Latvian miesassargs, miesassardze
- miesassargsperson responsible for protecting someone
- miesassardzeperson responsible for protecting someone
Malay pengawal peribadi, pengawal
- pengawal peribadiperson responsible for protecting someone
- pengawalperson responsible for protecting someone
Māori poutiriao
- poutiriaoperson responsible for protecting someone
Norwegian Bokmål livvakt
- livvaktperson responsible for protecting someone
Persian محافظ شخصی, محافظ
- محافظ شخصی (mohâfez-e šaxsi)person responsible for protecting someone
- محافظ (mohâfez)person responsible for protecting someone
Polish ochroniarz, ochroniarka
- ochroniarzperson responsible for protecting someone
- ochroniarkaperson responsible for protecting someone
- ochronaperson responsible for protecting someone
Portuguese guarda-costas
- guarda-costasperson responsible for protecting someone
Romanian gardă de corp, bodyguard
- gardă de corpperson responsible for protecting someone
- bodyguardperson responsible for protecting someone
- gardă personalăperson responsible for protecting someone
Russian телохрани́тель, охра́нник
- телохрани́тель (teloxranítelʹ)person responsible for protecting someone
- охра́нник (oxránnik)person responsible for protecting someone
- охра́на (oxrána)person responsible for protecting someone
Slovak osobný strážca, bodyguard
- osobný strážcaperson responsible for protecting someone
- bodyguardperson responsible for protecting someone
Spanish escolta, guardaespaldas
- escoltaperson responsible for protecting someone
- guardaespaldasperson responsible for protecting someone
- espalderoperson responsible for protecting someone
- patovicaperson responsible for protecting someone
Swedish livvakt
- livvaktperson responsible for protecting someone
Thai องครักษ์
- องครักษ์ (ong-ká-rák)person responsible for protecting someone
Turkish özlük muhafızı, koruma
- özlük muhafızıperson responsible for protecting someone
- korumaperson responsible for protecting someone
Ukrainian тілоохоро́нець, охоро́на
- тілоохоро́нець (tilooxorónecʹ)person responsible for protecting someone
- охоро́на (oxoróna)person responsible for protecting someone
- охоро́нець (oxorónecʹ)person responsible for protecting someone
Urdu محافظ, باڈی گارڈ
- محافظ (muhāfiz)person responsible for protecting someone
- باڈی گارڈ (bāḍī gārḍ)person responsible for protecting someone
Vietnamese vệ sĩ
- vệ sĩperson responsible for protecting someone
Welsh gwarchodwr, gwarchodwr corff
- gwarchodwrperson responsible for protecting someone
- gwarchodwr corffperson responsible for protecting someone
Cite this entry
APA
bodyguard. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bodyguard
MLA
“bodyguard.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bodyguard. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bodyguard,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bodyguard.
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