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lifeguard
[ lahyf-gahrd ]
noun
- an expert swimmer employed, as at a beach or pool, to protect bathers from drowning or other accidents and dangers.
verb (used without object)
- to work as a lifeguard.
lifeguard
/ ˈlaɪfˌɡɑːd /
noun
- a person present at a beach or pool to guard people against the risk of drowning Also calledlife-saver
Word History and Origins
Origin of lifeguard1
Example Sentences
Because there are no lifeguards or staff required to operate a public pool.
The city estimates it costs around $450,000 annually to pay for lifeguards and staff necessary to operate the public pool.
North Lake has a swimming area, beach, and lifeguard, plus canoe and kayak rentals.
I tried to reach lifeguard officials Monday but they didn’t immediately answer their phone or email.
The funds he used to do it included money he had earned working as a lifeguard.
The Babe showed up, too, arriving late, as usual, and looking tanned as a lifeguard.
Punctuating the sand from end to end, postos are the permanent lifeguard stands that act like beacons.
He was a pothead, a devotee of hip hop, a lifeguard, a high school wrestler, an aspiring dentist.
He was a pothead, a devotee of hip-hop, a lifeguard, a high-school wrestler, an aspiring dentist.
She also loved holidays, and had planned on being a zombie lifeguard on Halloween.
So he dismissed them to Westminster under the escort of his own lifeguard.
And, in any case, there was a lifeguard in a boat just off shore and another patrolling the sands.
The raft chanced to be deserted, nor were there any swimmers between her and the boat of the lifeguard beyond the raft.
She thought the lifeguard was hurrying to the raft to meet Amy and herself if they won the race.
The lifeguard drove his boat around the end of the raft toward the gray, sail-like object which had so startled them all.
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