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LIFEGUARD
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Dictionary entry overview: What does lifeguard mean?
• LIFEGUARD (noun)
The noun LIFEGUARD has 1 sense:
1. an attendant employed at a beach or pool to protect swimmers from accidents
Familiarity information: LIFEGUARD used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An attendant employed at a beach or pool to protect swimmers from accidents
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
lifeguard; lifesaver
Hypernyms ("lifeguard" is a kind of...):
attendant; attender; tender (someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another)
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