Dictionary

security guard en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. A person who is employed to provide security for people or property.
   • Haz sits in the trailer for 10 hours straight, eyes trained on the patrons. If he sees the makings of a drug deal or a fight, he notifies the club’s in-house security by walkie-talkie. It amazes him how indiscreet drug dealers can be—with the bulges in their socks and their melodramatic handovers—despite the presence of security guards. 2018 February, Robert Draper, “They are Watching You—and Everything Else on the Planet: Technology and Our Increasing Demand for Security have Put Us All under Surveillance. Is Privacy Becoming just a Memory?”, in National Geographic, Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 14 Jun 2018:

Forms

Coordinates

rent-a-cop · watchperson · watchman

Synonyms

security officer

Translations (59)

nl bewaker (person employed to provide security) · es segurata (person employed to provide security) · es vigilante de seguridad (person employed to provide security) · gl vixilante de seguridade (person employed to provide security) · es huachimán (person employed to provide security) · tl guwardiya (person employed to provide security) · th เจ้าหน้าที่รักษาความปลอดภัย (person employed to provide security) · vi cảnh vệ (person employed to provide security) · ca vigilant de seguretat (person employed to provide security) · ga garda slándála (person employed to provide security) · el φύλακας ασφαλείας (person employed to provide security) · tl sikyu (person employed to provide security) · lt apsaugos darbuotojas (person employed to provide security) · es wachimán (person employed to provide security) · el φύλακας (person employed to provide security) · th รปภ. (person employed to provide security) · pt vigilante de segurança (person employed to provide security) · es guachi (person employed to provide security) · es vigilante jurado (person employed to provide security) · fr agent de sécurité (person employed to provide security) · nb sikkerhetsvakt (person employed to provide security) · es watchman (person employed to provide security) · da sikkerhedsfolk (person employed to provide security) · pl ochrona (person employed to provide security) · th ยาม (person employed to provide security) · ro agent de securitate (person employed to provide security) · ms pengawal keselamatan (person employed to provide security) · cmn 警衛 /警卫 (person employed to provide security) · id penjaga keamanan (person employed to provide security) · tr güvenlik görevlisi (person employed to provide security) · fi vartija (person employed to provide security) · pl ochroniarz (person employed to provide security) · fi järjestyksenvalvoja (person employed to provide security) · eu segurtasun-zaintzaile (person employed to provide security) · es guachimango (person employed to provide security) · es guáchiman (person employed to provide security) · km អ្នកយាមសន្តិសុខ (person employed to provide security) · nn sikkerheitsvakt (person employed to provide security) · sv ordningsvakt (person employed to provide security) · da sikkerhedsvagt (person employed to provide security) · ja ガードマン (person employed to provide security) · ru охра́нник (person employed to provide security) · id satpam (person employed to provide security) · ja 警備員 (person employed to provide security) · cmn 保安員 /保安员 (person employed to provide security) · sv säkerhetsvakt (person employed to provide security) · es guardia de seguridad (person employed to provide security) · de Sicherheitsmann (person employed to provide security) · es wachiman (person employed to provide security) · es guachimán (person employed to provide security) · az mühafizəçi (person employed to provide security) · it guardia giurata (person employed to provide security) · de Sicherheitsbeamter (person employed to provide security) · ro pază (person employed to provide security) · sh zaštitar (person employed to provide security) · ko 경비원 (person employed to provide security) · sip སྐུ་སྲུང་བོ (person employed to provide security) · de Sicherheitsbediensteter (person employed to provide security) · es wáchiman (person employed to provide security)