Meaning

1 senses
  1. A person or group of persons, often armed, responsible for protecting someone.

    Leibwächter, Bodyguard, Personenschützer

    телохрани́тельteloxranítelʹ, охра́нникoxránnik, охра́наoxrána

    тілоохоро́нецьtilooxorónecʹ, охоро́наoxoróna, охоро́нецьoxorónecʹ

    a group of men who escort and protect some important person

Examples

129 sentences
  1. Why do you think you need a bodyguard?

    Навіщо, на твою думку, тобі потрібен охоронець? — deniko

    deWarum meinst du, dass du einen Leibwächter brauchst? — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. How do you know you don't need a bodyguard?

    Звідки ти знаєш, що тобі не потрібний особистий охоронець? — deniko

    ruОткуда ты знаешь, что тебе не нужен телохранитель? — odexed

  3. Tom has a personal bodyguard.

    Том має особистого охоронця. — deniko

    ruУ Тома есть личный телохранитель. — odexed

    deTom hat einen persönlichen Leibwächter. — Kuraimegami

  4. I want to be a bodyguard.

    ruЯ хочу быть телохранителем. — odexed

  5. Why does Tom need a bodyguard?

    ruЗачем Тому телохранитель? — Selena777

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
person responsible for protecting someone:
Русский
By meaning 1
person responsible for protecting someone:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
person responsible for protecting someone:

Origin

From body + guard.

From body + guard.

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Forms

plural: bodyguards
Singularbodyguard
Pluralbodyguards

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • someone who escorts and protects a prominent person:escort

Word family

1 related words
Relatedbody guard

Collocations

3 patterns
  • needed a bodyguard
  • hire a bodyguard
  • three bodyguards

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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