Definition of "security guard" []

• A person hired by a private organization to guard a physical plant and maintain order. (noun)

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• "Some of you may remember how quickly Richard Jewell, the security guard who found the bomb during the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, went from hero to suspect."
• "Using a finely honed psionic talent known as proprioception, the trim, angular-featured Betazoid security guard tapped into the unconscious mind of the semiconscious Koas."
• "He found the large security guard standing in the middle of the living room, surrounded by some rather tacky-looking furniture, even tackier-looking statuary and other tchotchkes, and a rather nice painting of a much younger Susan and Edward in a suit and wedding dress."