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Definition of "lifeguard" []

  • An expert swimmer trained and employed to watch over other swimmers, as at a beach or swimming pool. Also called lifesaver. (noun)
  • To work or serve as a lifeguard. (verb-intransitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "lifeguard" in a sentence
  • "You know the city is not worried about its image when uses a downtown lot for long-term lifeguard tower storage and weed cultivation ..."
  • "Monmouth County finishes second on its home surf in national lifeguard competition CAPE MAY - Convention says Matt Nunnally should play with people his own age, but the 41-year-old from Avon-by-the-Sea, N.J., still beats younger athletes when he competes in the surf."
  • "D'Errico (aka lifeguard Donna Marco) is "a conspiracy theorist" whose goal is to climb Mt. Ararat and search for Noah's Ark. And Bingham (who played Jordan Tate from 1996 through 1998) has opened a dating service -- with herself as the first client."