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]
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life·guard
/
ˈlaɪfˌgɑrd
/
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lahyf
-gahrd
]
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noun
1.
an expert swimmer employed, as at a beach or pool, to protect bathers from drowning or other accidents and dangers.
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verb (used without object)
2.
to work as a lifeguard.
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Origin:
1640–50;
life
+
guard
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lifeguard
1648, "bodyguard of soldiers," from Ger. leibgarde. Sense of "person paid to watch over bathers" is from 1896.
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