lifeguard

lifeguard
/luyf"gahrd'/, n.
1. an expert swimmer employed, as at a beach or pool, to protect bathers from drowning or other accidents and dangers.
v.i.
2. to work as a lifeguard.
[1640-50; LIFE + GUARD]

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Universalium. 2010.

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