lifeguard
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lifeguards, plural;
/ˈlīfˌgärd/,
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lifeguards, plural;
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Work as a lifeguard
Noun
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An expert swimmer employed to rescue people who get into difficulty in a swimming pool or at the beach
Web Definitions:
- an attendant employed at a beach or pool to protect swimmers from accidents
- A lifeguard is a person responsible for overseeing the safety of the users of a body of water and its environs, such as a swimming pool, a water park, or a beach. This differentiates them from life savers who partake in similar activities as a sport or practical life skill. ...
- Lifeguard was the name of a 1956 safety package marketed by the Ford Motor Company.
- Lifeguard (Heather Cameron) is a comic book character, a superhero in the Marvel Comics universe, associated with the X-Men. Created by writer Chris Claremont and artist Salvador Larroca, she first appeared in X-Treme X-Men #6 (December 2001).
- Lifeguard is a 1976 drama movie made by Paramount Pictures. It was directed by Daniel Petrie, based upon a screenplay by Ron Koslow. It stars Sam Elliott, Anne Archer, Steve Burns, Parker Stevenson, and Kathleen Quinlan.
- an attendant, usually an expert swimmer, employed to save swimmers in trouble or near drowning at a body of water; a lifesaver; a sturdy metal bracket affixed in front of each of the leading wheels of a train to deflect small objects away from the wheels to prevent derailment
- A person with current certification in lifeguarding skills and techniques from a recognized sponsoring agency and with additional training specific to the facility/body of water where she or he will guard. A lifeguard trains in first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). ...
- a person that saves lives where people swim (at a beach or swimming pool).
- An ex-professional football player, he still has the cleat marks on his forehead from the injury that scrambled his brains. While he is the lifeguard at the hospital pool, he remains in the disturbed ward because he occasionally tackles the nurses. ...