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lifeguard

[ lahyf-gahrd ]

/ ˈlaɪfˌgɑrd /

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.

Origin of lifeguard

First recorded in 1640–50; life + guard

Words nearby lifeguard

lifeblood, lifeboat, lifeboatman, lifecast, lifeful, lifeguard, lifehack, lifeless, lifelike, lifeline, lifelong

Example sentences from the Web for lifeguard

The 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.

Monk |Julian Corbett
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

lifeguard

/ (ˈlaɪfˌɡɑːd) /

noun

a person present at a beach or pool to guard people against the risk of drowning Also called: life-saver