Charms & What Lily 'did'

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You all probably noticed this way before I just did - Harry leads a 
CHARMed life because Lily was a CHARMing witch and an expert CHARMer
(whose wand was, after all, particularly good for CHARM work). I took 
the word charm for granted as meaning 'magic spell' whenever we 
encounter it in HP but of course there are several ways to define it, 
as in the previous sentence, and on word use JKR rarely ever misses a 
trick.

Another thing I hadn't thought to think about is that charms seem 
almost always 'good' (of benefit) and so naturally the enemy 
of/defence against harm/bad. 

So...perhaps Lily's job was as a bodyguard for valuable and/or 
vulnerable goodies against LV and the DE's. This would be different 
than an auror, who seems more like a commando/police detective. If 
so, I'd imagine her more as a charm consultant/practitioner, rather 
than the type that guards one-on-one. Clients might include the MoM 
(would this have been Millicent Bagnold during the first war?).

I hope this isn't a thread that's already been done to death 
(apologies if so), but if not then any thoughts/comment will, as 
always, be appreciated and, I am sure, interesting and thought-
provoking.