Associations to the word «Lifeguard»

Wiktionary

LIFEGUARD, noun. A guard of the life or person; a guard that attends a prince or other person; a bodyguard.
LIFEGUARD, noun. (chiefly US) An attendant, usually an expert swimmer, employed to save swimmers in trouble or near drowning at a body of water.
LIFEGUARD, noun. A lifesaver.
LIFEGUARD, noun. (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.

Dictionary definition

LIFEGUARD, noun. An attendant employed at a beach or pool to protect swimmers from accidents.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope