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[ lahyf-gahrd ] / ˈlaɪfˌgɑrd /
nounan expert swimmer employed, as at a beach or pool, to protect bathers from drowning or other accidents and dangers. verb (used without object)Origin of lifeguardFirst recorded in 1640–50; life + guard Words nearby lifeguardlife float, life force, life form, lifeful, life-giving, lifeguard, Life Guards, lifehack, life history, life imprisonment, life instinct Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for lifeguardThe Babe showed up, too, arriving late, as usual, and looking tanned as a lifeguard. The Stacks: The Day Lou Gehrig Delivered Baseball’s Gettysburg Address|Ray Robinson|July 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST He was a pothead, a devotee of hip hop, a lifeguard, a high school wrestler, an aspiring dentist. Are The Tsarnaevs White?|Peter Beinart|April 24, 2013|DAILY BEAST He was a pothead, a devotee of hip-hop, a lifeguard, a high-school wrestler, an aspiring dentist. Are the Tsarnaevs White?|Peter Beinart|April 24, 2013|DAILY BEAST When he was drafted to the Korean War, young Clint got placed as a lifeguard and swimming instructor at a base in California. Why ‘Mystery Speaker’ Clint Eastwood Loves the GOP|Miranda Green|August 31, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Years before she contemplated taking a witness stand, she occupied a lifeguard stand on Long Island. Noreen Harrington: The Mets’ Madoff Whistle-Blower|Michael Daly|March 19, 2012|DAILY BEAST So he dismissed them to Westminster under the escort of his own lifeguard. His lifeguard was a body of gentlemen "as is hardly to be paralleled in the world." The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 11|Various Morrow went down to the beach and shouted to the lifeguard, who was none other than the robust and stentorian Captain Clark. Tales From Bohemia|Robert Neilson Stephens And, in any case, there was a lifeguard in a boat just off shore and another patrolling the sands. The Campfire Girls on Station Island|Margaret Penrose Suddenly Charny turned pale and laid his hand on the Lifeguard next him. The Royal Life Guard|Alexander Dumas (pere)
British Dictionary definitions for lifeguard
nouna person present at a beach or pool to guard people against the risk of drowningAlso called: life-saver Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |