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lifeguard

(laɪfgɑːʳd)
Word forms: plural lifeguards
countable noun
A lifeguard is a person who works at a beach or swimming pool and rescues people when they are in danger of drowning.

lifeguard in British English

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

lifeguard in American English

(ˈlaɪfˌgɑrd)
noun
US
an expert swimmer employed as at a beach or pool to prevent drownings

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Examples of 'lifeguard' in a sentence
lifeguard

They include flying drones equipped with cameras over popular beaches to alert lifeguards to the presence of sharks.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Local media questioned why only 120 lifeguards were on duty.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
She collapsed to the ground and a lifeguard and other people rushed to help.
The Sun (2010)
The ban will be enforced by beach lifeguards.
The Sun (2013)
Only bathe with confidence on main beaches manned by lifeguards.
Delaforce, Patrick Collins Traveller, Brittany (1993)
Until now a red flag on some beaches has meant that there was no lifeguard on duty.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
There was no lifeguard on duty yesterday.
The Sun (2015)
Please take heed of the safety signage and any advice offered by the lifeguards on duty.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The former lifeguard leapt in and rescued them one by one.
The Sun (2016)
The couple were staying in a guesthouse near the beach and swam without a lifeguard present.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
At this time of year there are no lifeguards on duty as there are during the busy summer season.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
All too often," we lifeguards stay on the beach singing lifeguard songs and having lifeguard meetings.
Christianity Today (2000)
There looks set to be renewed calls for lifeguards at ship pools in light of this week's accident.
The Sun (2014)
Only the beach lifeguard service takes government money, and it has been spared the worst excesses of the cuts.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
These volunteers are often former lifeguards who want to stay involved with the surf life-saving scene in their spare time.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
He is understood to be a father of two and a former soldier and lifeguard, who had also worked in a slaughterhouse.
The Sun (2012)
By the pool or at the beach, lifeguards need to be alert to all possible dangers and able to give first aid and resuscitation.
The Sun (2008)
Durban offers discreet boutique hotels, good shops, restaurants and beaches patrolled by lifeguards.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
THE part-time lifeguard says singing has been crucial to his life - he left school early and music gave him focus.
The Sun (2012)

In other languages
lifeguard

British English: lifeguard /ˈlaɪfˌɡɑːd/ NOUN
A lifeguard is a person who works at a beach or swimming pool and rescues people when they are in danger of drowning.
  • American English: lifeguard
  • Arabic: مُنْقِذٌ
  • Brazilian Portuguese: salva-vidas
  • Chinese: 救生员
  • Croatian: spasilac na kupalištu
  • Czech: plavčík
  • Danish: livredder
  • Dutch: badmeester
  • European Spanish: socorrista
  • Finnish: hengenpelastaja
  • French: sauveteur
  • German: Rettungsschwimmer
  • Greek: ναυαγοσώστης
  • Italian: bagnino
  • Japanese: 水泳場の救助員
  • Korean: 인명 구조원
  • Norwegian: badevakt
  • Polish: straż przyboczna
  • European Portuguese: nadador salvador
  • Romanian: salvamar
  • Russian: спасатель на водах
  • Latin American Spanish: socorrista
  • Swedish: badvakt
  • Thai: เจ้าหน้าที่ช่วยคนตกน้ำ
  • Turkish: cankurtaran sahil
  • Ukrainian: рятувальник на воді
  • Vietnamese: nhân viên cứu hộ

Chinese translation of 'lifeguard'

lifeguard

(ˈlaɪfɡɑːd)

n (c)

  1. (at beach, swimming pool) 救生员(員) (jiùshēngyuán) (位, wèi)
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