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Bodyguard

A guard to protect or defend the person; a lifeguard.

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Narrower term 4

Beefeater 76% connected

One who eats beef; hence, a large, fleshy person.

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Outrider 76% connected

A summoner whose office is to cite men before the sheriff.

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Praetorian 76% connected

See Pretorian.

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Yeoman 76% connected

A common man, or one of the commonly of the first or most respectable class; a freeholder; a man free born.

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Broader term 5

Defender 76% connected

One who defends; one who maintains, supports, protects, or vindicates; a champion; an advocate; a vindicator.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Detachment 76% connected

The act of detaching or separating, or the state of being detached.

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Guard 76% connected

To protect from danger; to secure against surprise, attack, or injury; to keep in safety; to defend; to shelter; to shield from surprise or attack; t…

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Guardian 76% connected

One who guards, preserves, or secures; one to whom any person or thing is committed for protection, security, or preservation from injury; a warden.

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Protector 76% connected

One who, or that which, defends or shields from injury, evil, oppression, etc.; a defender; a guardian; a patron.

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Containing whole 3

Cortege 70% connected

A train of attendants; a procession.

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Retinue 70% connected

The body of retainers who follow a prince or other distinguished person; a train of attendants; a suite.

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Suite 70% connected

A retinue or company of attendants, as of a distinguished personage; as, the suite of an ambassador. See Suit, n., 5.

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Guard 70% connected

To protect from danger; to secure against surprise, attack, or injury; to keep in safety; to defend; to shelter; to shield from surprise or attack; t…

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Synonym 1

Escort 92% connected

A body of armed men to attend a person of distinction for the sake of affording safety when on a journey; one who conducts some one as an attendant;…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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