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bodyguard
English
Etymology
body +? guard
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?b?di???d/
- (US) IPA(key): /?b??di????d/
Noun
bodyguard (plural bodyguards)
- 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)
- (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.
- 2005, Christopher Hitchens, ‘Burned Out’, Slate, Mar 7 2005:
Romanian
Alternative forms
- bodigard
Etymology
Borrowed from English bodyguard.
Noun
bodyguard m (plural bodyguarzi)
- bodyguard
Declension
Synonyms
- gard? de corp
- goril? (figurative, derogatory)
References
- bodyguard in DEX online - Dic?ionare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
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convoy
English
Etymology
From Middle English, from Old French convoier, another form of conveier, from Medieval Latin convio (“to accompany on the way”), from Latin com- (“together”) + via (“way”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?k?n.v??/
Noun
convoy (plural convoys)
- (nautical) One or more merchant ships sailing in company to the same general destination under the protection of naval vessels.
- A group of vehicles travelling together for safety, especially one with an escort.
- The act of convoying; protection.
Related terms
- convey
Translations
Verb
convoy (third-person singular simple present convoys, present participle convoying, simple past and past participle convoyed)
- (transitive) To escort a group of vehicles, and provide protection.
- A frigate convoys a merchantman.
- I know ye skilful to convoy
The total freight of hope and joy.
- I know ye skilful to convoy
Translations
Further reading
- convoy in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- convoy in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- convoy at OneLook Dictionary Search
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from English convoy, itself from French convoi.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?komboi/, [?kõm.boi?]
- Rhymes: -oi
Noun
convoy m (plural convoyes)
- convoy
References
- “convoy” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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