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lifesaver definition

☆ life·saver (-sāv′ər)

noun

  1. a person or thing that saves people from drowning, as a lifeguard
  2. Informal a person or thing that gives aid in time of need

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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