lifeguard
noun
life·guard ˈlīf-ˌgärd 
: a usually expert swimmer employed (as at a beach or a pool) to safeguard other swimmers
lifeguard intransitive verb
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web The film is hitting the scene at a time when the industry is experiencing a serious lifeguard shortage. 
Ivan Carter, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 July 2022 What are public pools doing about the lifeguard shortage? Catherine Garcia, The Week, 9 June 2022 This comes less than 24 hours after the death of a 16-year-old girl, who drowned in Lake Michigan near McKinley Marina Monday afternoon, and less than a week after Milwaukee County announced on-going lifeguard shortages. Vanessa Swales, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 24 May 2022 This lifeguard allegedly told her that Coz had touched her the same way, and also in the same locker room, back in 2016, prosecutors said. Rosemary Sobol, Chicago Tribune, 5 May 2022 Reports of lifeguard shortages are occurring across the country. Teri Webster, Dallas News, 1 June 2021 Epstein said he's noticed more reported shark sightings at Jones Beach in the last two years than his entire 25-year career as a lifeguard. N'dea Yancey-bragg, USA TODAY, 2 Sep. 2022 The two shark attacks Wednesday happened just 10 days after a lifeguard at Smith Point Beach was attacked by a shark on July 3. Tommy Mcardle, PEOPLE.com, 15 July 2022 When rescue members arrived at the scene, an off-duty lifeguard at Seaside Beach applied a field tourniquet to his leg to prevent blood loss, according to the department. NBC News, 7 Dec. 2020 See More
Ivan Carter, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 July 2022 What are public pools doing about the lifeguard shortage? Catherine Garcia, The Week, 9 June 2022 This comes less than 24 hours after the death of a 16-year-old girl, who drowned in Lake Michigan near McKinley Marina Monday afternoon, and less than a week after Milwaukee County announced on-going lifeguard shortages. Vanessa Swales, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 24 May 2022 This lifeguard allegedly told her that Coz had touched her the same way, and also in the same locker room, back in 2016, prosecutors said. Rosemary Sobol, Chicago Tribune, 5 May 2022 Reports of lifeguard shortages are occurring across the country. Teri Webster, Dallas News, 1 June 2021 Epstein said he's noticed more reported shark sightings at Jones Beach in the last two years than his entire 25-year career as a lifeguard. N'dea Yancey-bragg, USA TODAY, 2 Sep. 2022 The two shark attacks Wednesday happened just 10 days after a lifeguard at Smith Point Beach was attacked by a shark on July 3. Tommy Mcardle, PEOPLE.com, 15 July 2022 When rescue members arrived at the scene, an off-duty lifeguard at Seaside Beach applied a field tourniquet to his leg to prevent blood loss, according to the department. NBC News, 7 Dec. 2020 See More Word History
First Known Use
1893, in the meaning defined above
Kids Definition
lifeguard
noun
life·guard ˈlīf-ˌgärd
: a person employed at a beach or swimming pool to protect swimmers from drowning