Bodyguard \Bod"y*guard`\, n.
   1. A guard or group of guards to protect or defend the
      person; a lifeguard.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. Retinue; attendance; following. --Bp. Porteus.
      [1913 Webster]

	

	bodyguard
    n 1: someone who escorts and protects a prominent person [syn:
         bodyguard, escort]
    2: a group of men who escort and protect some important person

	

	21 Moby Thesaurus words for "bodyguard":
   cavalier, chaperon, companion, conductor, convoy, duenna, escort,
   esquire, fellow traveler, gentleman-at-arms, guard, guards,
   guardsman, praetorian guard, safe-conduct, safeguard, shepherd,
   squire, swain, usher, yeoman