LIFEGUARD

lifeguard, lifesaver

(noun) an attendant employed at a beach or pool to protect swimmers from accidents

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

lifeguard (plural lifeguards)

(uncommon) A bodyguard or unit of bodyguards, a guard of someone's (especially a king's) life or person.

An attendant, usually an expert swimmer, employed to save swimmers in trouble or near drowning at a body of water.

A lifesaver.

(rail transport) A sturdy metal bracket fixed in front of each of the leading wheels of a train to deflect small objects away from the wheels to prevent derailment.

Source: Wiktionary



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25 February 2025

ENDLESSLY

(adverb) (spatial sense) seeming to have no bounds; “the Nubian desert stretched out before them endlessly”


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