lifeguard

lifeguard definitions

noun
  • An attendant, usually an expert swimmer, employed to save swimmers in trouble or near drowning at a body of water. 

  • A lifesaver. 

  • 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. 

  • A bodyguard or unit of bodyguards, a guard of someone's (especially a king's) life or person.