Meanings
plural car guards
- A person who watches over parked cars on the street and helps drivers to find parking places in exchange for money, usually informally.
Whether you see them as a necessity or a nuisance, car guards form part of the major informal economy on a national scale in South Africa.
2016 February 1, “How much money car guards really make in South Africa”, in BusinessTech1 more example
Mtuse is one of about 50 car guards across the town who are part of the Abakhuseli Skills for Life project which was officially launched in Makhanda earlier this year. The project trains and assists car guards.
2022 October 4, Lucas Nowicki, “Changing the way a town views its car guards”, in GroundUp
Translations
Italian guardiamacchina
- guardiamacchinaperson who watches over cars
Portuguese flanelinha, arrumador
- flanelinhaperson who watches over cars
- arrumadorperson who watches over cars
- moinaperson who watches over cars
Spanish franelero, wachiman
- franeleroperson who watches over cars
- wachimanperson who watches over cars
- trapicheperson who watches over cars
Cite this entry
car guard. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/car%20guard
“car guard.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/car%20guard. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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