Bodyguard vs. Guardian — What's the Difference?

A bodyguard (or close protection officer/operative) is a type of security guard, government law enforcement officer, or servicemember who protects a person or a group of people — usually high-ranking public officials or officers, wealthy people, and celebrities — from danger: generally theft, assault, kidnapping, assassination, harassment, loss of confidential information, threats, or other criminal offences. The personnel team that protects a VIP is often referred to as the VIP's security detail.

A person who protects or defends something

A person or group of persons, usually armed, responsible for the safety of one or more other persons.

The superior of a Franciscan convent.

A person or group of persons, often armed, responsible for protecting an individual.

One that guards, watches over, or protects.

(transitive) To act as bodyguard for (someone); figuratively, to protect.

One who is legally responsible for the care and management of the person or property of an incompetent or minor.

A guard or group of guards to protect or defend the person; a lifeguard.

See guardian ad litem.

Retinue; attendance; following.

A superior in a Franciscan monastery.

Someone who escorts and protects a prominent person

Someone who guards, watches over, or protects.

A group of men who escort and protect some important person

(legal) A person legally responsible for a minor (in loco parentis).

(legal) A person legally responsible for an incompetent person.

A superior in a Franciscan monastery.

(video games) A major or final enemy; boss.

One who guards, preserves, or secures; one to whom any person or thing is committed for protection, security, or preservation from injury; a warden.

One who has, or is entitled to, the custody of the person or property of an infant, a minor without living parents, or a person incapable of managing his own affairs.

Performing, or appropriate to, the office of a protector; as, a guardian care.

A person who cares for persons or property

Providing protective supervision; watching over or safeguarding;