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A lifesaver: a rescuer, usually an expert swimmer, employed to save swimmers in trouble or near drowning at a body of water.
(uncommon) A bodyguard or unit of bodyguards, a guard of someone's (especially a king's) life or person.
1776, The London Magazine, Or, Gentleman's Monthly Intelligencer:
"The people's love is the king's lifeguard."
1843, Edward Hyde, The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England, page 553:
[I]n the reserve were the king's lifeguard, commanded by the earl of Lindsey, and prince Rupert's regiment of foot[.]
2012, Charles Oman, A History of the Art of War: The Middle Ages:
Constantine the Great is known to have raised the five scholae of horsemen who formed the actual lifeguard of the prince, and followed his person whenever he went out to war.
(rail transport) 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.
2022 March 23, Philip Haigh, “Network News: Driver of ScotRail HST had only seconds to react, says RAIB”, in RAIL, number 953, page 11:
It also looked at what effect stronger lifeguards might have had. They protect the leading wheels from small obstacles and in modern trains have coped with hitting landslip debris.
