bodyguard

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

bodyguard
    n 1: someone who escorts and protects a prominent person [syn:
         {bodyguard}, {escort}]
    2: a group of men who escort and protect some important person

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Bodyguard \Bod"y*guard`\, n.
   1. A guard or group of guards to protect or defend the
      person; a lifeguard.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. Retinue; attendance; following. --Bp. Porteus.
      [1913 Webster]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

21 Moby Thesaurus words for "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, yeoman

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