lifeguard
A lifesaver: a rescuer, usually an expert swimmer, employed to save swimmers in…A lifesaver: a rescuer, usually an expert swimmer, employed to save swimmers in trouble or near drowning at a body of water.
» Tom was a lifeguard last summer.
Tom war letzten Sommer ein Rettungsschwimmer.
Meaning
3 sensesA lifesaver: a rescuer, usually an expert swimmer, employed to save swimmers in trouble or near drowning at a body of water.
Rettungsschwimmer, Rettungsschwimmerin, Strandwächter
спаса́тельspasátelʹ, спаса́тельницаspasátelʹnica, спаси́тельspasítelʹ
рятува́льникrjatuválʹnyk, рятува́льницяrjatuválʹnycja
(uncommon)A bodyguard or unit of bodyguards, a guard of someone's (especially a king's) life or person.
A sturdy metal bracket fixed in front of each of the leading wheels of a train to deflect small objects away from the wheels to prevent derailment.
Schienenräumer, Bahnräumer
- an attendant employed at a beach or pool to protect swimmers from accidents
Examples
68 sentencesTom was a lifeguard last summer.
deTom war letzten Sommer ein Rettungsschwimmer.
I know Tom is a lifeguard.
One of the lifeguards rescued Tom.
Tom used to be a lifeguard.
Tom worked as a lifeguard last summer.
Translations
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Origin
From life + guard, calque of Dutch lijfgarde, where life has the sense of Dutch lijf (“bodFrom life + guard, calque of Dutch lijfgarde, where life has the sense of Dutch lijf (“body”) (hence literally “bodyguard”). Compare German Leibgarde (“bodyguard”), Danish livgarde (“bodyguard”), Swedish livgarde (“bodyguard”). Compare also Old English līfweard (“guardian of life”).
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Forms
plural: lifeguardsSynonyms
1 synonyms- an attendant employed at a beach or pool to protect swimmers from accidents:lifesaver
Word family
2 related wordsCollocations
5 patterns- is a lifeguard
- lifeguard goes on
- a lifeguard at
- lifeguard at the
- lifeguard goes