bodyguard has definitions from the field of military
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[ noun ] someone who escorts and protects a prominent person

Synonyms

escort

Used in print

(Kenneth Allsop, The Bootleggers and Their Era...)

They were disturbed by his idiotic bravado - as , when his bodyguard , Yankee_Schwartz , complained that he had been snubbed by Dave_Miller , a prize-fight referee , chieftain of a Jewish gang and one of four brothers of tough reputation , who were Hirschey , a gambler politician in loose beer running league with Torrio and O_'_Banion , Frank , a policeman , and Max , the youngest .

2
[ noun ] (military) a group of men who escort and protect some important person

Synonyms

guard

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