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security guard

noun

  1. a uniformed guard employed by a bank, airport, office building, etc., to maintain security.


security guard

noun

  1. a person employed to protect buildings, people, etc, and to collect and deliver large sums of money
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of security guard1

First recorded in 1955–60
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Example Sentences

They lined up behind the goal until they were eventually spotted by a security guard who said they needed to move.

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Members would force security guards to the ground at gunpoint, zip-tie them and grab money bags before fleeing, according to law enforcement.

Later in the day the court heard a statement from Dominique Pelicot given to police in November 2020, two months after he was caught filming under women's skirts by a supermarket security guard.

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In September 2020, Dominique Pelicot was spotted filming under women's skirts by a security guard in a supermarket in southern France.

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Students wore “Make America Great Again” T-shirts and hats, toted at least two Trump cardboard cutouts and cheered loudly as a school security guard brandished a Trump banner.

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