"security guard" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: security guards [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} security guard (plural security guards)
  1. A person who is employed to provide security for people or property. Wikipedia link: en:security guard Categories (topical): Occupations, People Synonyms: security officer, rent-a-cop, watchman, watchperson Translations (person employed to provide security): segurtasun-zaintzaile (Basque), vigilant de seguretat [feminine, masculine] (Catalan), 警衛 (Chinese Mandarin), 警卫 (jǐngwèi) (Chinese Mandarin), 保安員 (Chinese Mandarin), 保安员 (bǎo'ānyuán) (Chinese Mandarin), sikkerhedsvagt [common-gender] (Danish), sikkerhedsfolk [plural] (Danish), bewaker [masculine] (Dutch), järjestyksenvalvoja (english: security for people in general) (Finnish), vartija (english: security for property or enumerated persons) (Finnish), agent de sécurité [masculine] (French), vixilante de seguridade [feminine, masculine] (Galician), Sicherheitsbeamter [masculine] (German), Sicherheitsbediensteter [masculine] (German), Sicherheitsmann [masculine] (German), φύλακας ασφαλείας (fýlakas asfaleías) [feminine, masculine] (Greek), φύλακας (fýlakas) [feminine, masculine] (Greek), penjaga keamanan (Indonesian), satpam (Indonesian), garda slándála [masculine] (Irish), guardia giurata [feminine, masculine] (Italian), ガードマン (gādoman) (Japanese), 警備員 (keibiin) (alt: けいびいん) (Japanese), អ្នកយាមសន្តិសុខ (ʼnâkâyéamsântĕsŏkh) (Khmer), 경비원 (gyeongbiwon) (Korean), pengawal keselamatan (Malay), sikkerhetsvakt [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), sikkerheitsvakt [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), ochroniarz [masculine] (Polish), ochrona [feminine] (Polish), vigilante de segurança [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), agent de securitate [masculine] (Romanian), pază [feminine] (Romanian), охра́нник (oxránnik) [masculine] (Russian), vigilante de seguridad [feminine, masculine] (Spanish), guarda de seguridad [feminine, masculine] (Spanish), vigilante jurado [Spain, feminine, masculine] (Spanish), segurata [Spain, colloquial, feminine, masculine] (Spanish), säkerhetsvakt [common-gender] (Swedish), ordningsvakt [common-gender] (Swedish), guwardiya (Tagalog), sikyu [slang] (Tagalog), güvenlik bekçisi (Turkish)

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    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "person employed to provide security",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vigilante de segurança"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "person employed to provide security",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "agent de securitate"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "person employed to provide security",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pază"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "oxránnik",
      "sense": "person employed to provide security",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "охра́нник"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "person employed to provide security",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vigilante de seguridad"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "person employed to provide security",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "guarda de seguridad"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "person employed to provide security",
      "tags": [
        "Spain",
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vigilante jurado"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "person employed to provide security",
      "tags": [
        "Spain",
        "colloquial",
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "segurata"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "person employed to provide security",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "säkerhetsvakt"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "person employed to provide security",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "ordningsvakt"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "person employed to provide security",
      "word": "guwardiya"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "person employed to provide security",
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ],
      "word": "sikyu"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "person employed to provide security",
      "word": "güvenlik bekçisi"
    }
  ],
  "word": "security guard"
}

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