Definition of Security guard

1. Noun. A guard who keeps watch.

Exact synonyms: Watcher, Watchman
Group relationships: Private Security Force, Security Force
Specialized synonyms: Bank Guard, Fire Watcher, Lookout, Lookout Man, Picket, Scout, Sentinel, Sentry, Spotter, Watch, Night Watchman, Patroller, Port Watcher, Portwatcher
Generic synonyms: Guard
Derivative terms: Watch

Definition of Security guard

1. Noun. A person who is employed to provide security for people or property. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Security Guard

securitizing
security
security blanket
security blankets
security by design
security camera
security communities
security community
security consultant
security department
security deposit
security deposits
security director
security force
security forces
security guard
security guards
security hole
security holes
security intelligence
security interest
security interests
security market line
security market lines
security measures
security mom
security moms
security principal
security procedure
security procedures

Literary usage of Security guard

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Guatemala's Forgotten Children: Police Violence and Abuses in Detention by Lee Tucker, Human Rights Watch/Americas (1997)
"In November, Oscar Leonel Jimenez Najera, a former security guard for the "Los Vigilantes" private security company,75 was sentenced to eight years in ..."

2. Prohibited Persons: Abuse of Undocumented Migrants, Asylum-Seekers, and by Human Rights Watch (Organization) (1998)
"... who were called at the request of Human Rights Watch to investigate the allegations.197 A Lindela security guard, speaking on condition of anonymity, ..."

3. The Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom Wolfe (1888)
"I wouldn't hire a security guard in this city if my life depended on it—especially if my life depended on it. They're all predicate violent felons. ..."

4. Occupational Outlook Handbook, 1996-1997 by DIANE Publishing Company (1996)
"A few guards with management skills open their own contract security guard agencies. Job Outlook Job openings for persons seeking work as guards are ..."

5. Occupational Outlook Handbook, 1994-1995 by DIANE Publishing Company (1994)
"A few guards with management skills open their own contract security guard agencies. Job Outlook Job openings for persons seeking work as guards are ..."

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