bodyguard
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English
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
bodyguard (plural bodyguards)
- A person or group of persons, often armed, responsible for protecting someone.
Translations
person responsible for protecting someone
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Verb
bodyguard (third-person singular simple present bodyguards, present participle bodyguarding, simple past and past participle bodyguarded)
- (transitive) To act as bodyguard for (someone); figuratively, to protect.
- 2005 March 7, Christopher Hitchens, ‘Burned Out’, Slate:
- 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.
Romanian
Alternative forms
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English bodyguard.
Noun
bodyguard m (plural bodyguarzi)
- bodyguard
- Synonym: gardă de corp
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
| nominative-accusative | bodyguard | bodyguardul | bodyguarzi | bodyguarzii | |
| genitive-dative | bodyguard | bodyguardului | bodyguarzi | bodyguarzilor | |
| vocative | bodyguardule | bodyguarzilor | |||
Synonyms
- gorilă (figurative, derogatory)
References
- bodyguard in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)