security guard
security guard noun: a person who is employed to provide security for people or property.
Noun
security guard (plural security guards)
- A person who is employed to provide security for people or property.
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- Synonyms:
- security officer
security guard meaning in Tamil, Kannada, Tagalog and Malay
security guard in Tamil
- பாதுகாவலர், உடை காவலர்
security guard in Kannada
- ರಕ್ಷಣಾಕಾವಲು, ಭದ್ರತಾ ಕಾವಲು, ಸೆಕ್ಯುರಿಟಿ ಗಾರ್ಡು
security guard in Tagalog
- person employed to provide security
- guwardiya, sikyu
security guard in Malay
- person employed to provide security
- pengawal keselamatan
More languagesFewer languages
- security guard in Indonesian
- penjaga keamanan, satpam
- security guard in Thai
- เจ้าหน้าที่รักษาความปลอดภัย, รปภ., ยาม yaam
- security guard in Vietnamese
- cảnh vệ
Synonyms of security guard
Forms of security guard
| plural | security guards |
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Questions about security guard
- What does security guard mean?
- Security guard means a person who is employed to provide security for people or property.
- What is security guard in Tamil?
- Security guard in Tamil is பாதுகாவலர், உடை காவலர். See Security guard meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is security guard?
- Security guard is a noun.
- What is the plural of security guard?
- The plural of security guard is security guards.
Words near security guard in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: security guard (page history and authors); security guard (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); security guard (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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