different between bodyguard vs attendant

English

Etymology

body +? guard

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?b?di???d/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?b??di????d/

Noun

bodyguard (plural bodyguards)

1. A person or group of persons, often armed, responsible for protecting an individual.

Translations

Verb

bodyguard (third-person singular simple present bodyguards, present participle bodyguarding, simple past and past participle bodyguarded)

1. (transitive) To act as bodyguard for (someone); figuratively, to protect.
   • 2005, Christopher Hitchens, ‘Burned Out’, Slate, Mar 7 2005:

     The same report, on a news page and not bodyguarded by any news analysis warning, goes on to say that repeated discoveries of cheating and covert activity mean that the credibility of Iran has been harmed.

Romanian

Alternative forms

• bodigard

Etymology

Borrowed from English bodyguard.

Noun

bodyguard m (plural bodyguarzi)

1. bodyguard

Declension

Synonyms

• gard? de corp
• goril? (figurative, derogatory)

References

• bodyguard in DEX online - Dic?ionare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

English

Alternative forms

• attendaunt (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English attendant, attendaunt, from Old French attendant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??t?nd?nt/

Noun

attendant (plural attendants)

1. One who attends; one who works with or watches over something.

2. A servant or valet.
3. (chiefly archaic) A visitor or caller.
4. That which accompanies or follows.
5. (law) One who owes a duty or service to another.

Translations

Adjective

attendant (comparative more attendant, superlative most attendant)

1. Going with; associated; concomitant.
2. (law) Depending on, or owing duty or service to.

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Translations

See also

• part and parcel

French

Pronunciation

Verb

attendant

1. present participle of attendre

Derived terms

• en attendant
• en attendant que

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /at?ten.dant/, [ät??t??n?d?än?t?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /at?ten.dant/, [?t??t??n?d??n?t?]

Verb

attendant

1. third-person plural present active subjunctive of attend?