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security guards

security guards is the plural of security guard.

Meaning of security guard

Noun

security guard (plural security guards)

  1. A person who is employed to provide security for people or property.
    • Haz sits in the trailer for 10 hours straight, eyes trained on the patrons. If he sees the makings of a drug deal or a fight, he notifies the club’s in-house security by walkie-talkie. It amazes him how indiscreet drug dealers can be—with the bulges in their socks and their melodramatic...2018 February, Robert Draper, “They are Watching You—and Everything Else on the Planet: Technology and Our Increasing Demand for Security have Put Us All under Surveillance. Is Privacy Becoming just...

Questions about security guards

What is security guards the plural of?
Security guards is the plural of security guard.

Words near security guards in the dictionary

  1. security details
  2. security distance
  3. security distances
  4. security forces
  5. security guard
  6. security guards
  7. security hole
  8. security holes
  9. security housing unit
  10. security housing units
  11. security interest

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