lifesaver

[lahyf-sey-ver]

life·sav·er

[lahyf-sey-ver]
noun
1.
a person who rescues another from danger of death, especially from drowning.
2.
a person or thing that saves a person, as from a difficult situation or critical moment: That money was a lifesaver.
3.
Chiefly British. a lifeguard.

Origin:
1880–85; life + saver

life·sav·ing, adjective, noun
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Lifesaver is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
WordNet
lifesaver

noun
1. an attendant employed at a beach or pool to protect swimmers from accidents [syn: lifeguard
2. a life preserver in the form of a ring of buoyant material [syn: life buoy
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