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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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A security guard who wished to remain anonymous told BBC News stories of Pope Francis visiting the church on many occasions.

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He started to record on his cellphone as several teenagers ran toward an exit with items in their arms as a security guard shouted at them.

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Borrenpohl's lawsuit comes shortly after the Coeur d’Alene City Prosecutor’s office brought charges against the security guards.

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A security guard who tried to intervene sustained injuries and was treated at a hospital.

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A security guard was killed and nine other people were injured in an air strike on a field hospital in Khan Younis, the hospital said.

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