lifesaver
/ˈlʌɪfseɪvə
/noun
1 informal A thing that saves one from serious difficulty: a microwave could be a lifesaver this Christmas...
- A proud mum has hailed her two-year-old toddler as a lifesaver - after he saved her from falling into a diabetic coma.
- Her family will tonight welcome hundreds of volunteers to a blood sample session at a West Timperley pub in a bid to find the lifesaver who can help Shannon.
- Nominees might be heroic lifesavers who have put themselves in danger to help somebody else.
2 (also surf lifesaver) Australian /NZ A lifeguard working on a beach.The event was a great success and the community's efforts will go a long way towards covering the large insurance premiums the club will have to pay to keep volunteer lifesavers on the beach this season....
- So there were eighty lifesavers on the beach at that crucial moment.
- With the surfing season about to commence, it is time to be mindful of the great contribution our volunteer surf lifesavers make to our way of life.
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