lifeguard
noun
life·guard
ˈlīf-ˌgärd 
: a usually expert swimmer employed (as at a beach or a pool) to safeguard other swimmers
lifeguard
intransitive verb
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While the slides are in use, one lifeguard monitors the entrance while another scans the exit.
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Jack Rodriquez-Vars, Sacbee.com, 4 June 2025
The lifeguards will take you to the end of the beach, where your driver will take you home.
—Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2025
Del Mar lifeguards looks over a capsized boat on the beach Monday, May. 5, 2025, in at Torrey Pines State beach in San Diego, Calif.
—Teri Figueroa, Mercury News, 7 May 2025
Prosecutors said bystanders and San Diego lifeguards participated in rescue efforts, in which authorities recovered three bodies, including the 14-year-old boy from India.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 6 May 2025
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Jack Rodriquez-Vars, Sacbee.com, 4 June 2025
The lifeguards will take you to the end of the beach, where your driver will take you home.
—Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2025
Del Mar lifeguards looks over a capsized boat on the beach Monday, May. 5, 2025, in at Torrey Pines State beach in San Diego, Calif.
—Teri Figueroa, Mercury News, 7 May 2025
Prosecutors said bystanders and San Diego lifeguards participated in rescue efforts, in which authorities recovered three bodies, including the 14-year-old boy from India.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 6 May 2025
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“Lifeguard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lifeguard. Accessed 9 Jun. 2025.
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lifeguard
noun
life·guard
ˈlīf-ˌgärd
: a usually expert swimmer employed at a beach or swimming pool to protect swimmers from drowning
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