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Definition of Security guard
1. Noun. A guard who keeps watch.
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
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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