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Plural of lifeguard

regular plural

The plural of lifeguard is lifeguards.

Forms of lifeguard

Singularlifeguard /ˈlaɪfˌɡɑɹd/
Plurallifeguards
Countablecountable

Lifeguards in a sentence

  • It's also generally wise to recruit lifeguards to ensure visitor safety, as bathers can panic in the water and require assistance.2025 February, Rick Lane, “Review: Planet Coaster 2”, in PC Gamer (US), number 392, page 67; published online 1 November 2024
  • It also looked at what effect stronger lifeguards might have had.2022 March 23, Philip Haigh, “Network News: Driver of ScotRail HST had only seconds to react, says RAIB”, in RAIL, number 953, page 11
  • The lifeguards were mainly Aussies, rough drinkers who delighted in foul-mouthed utterings sprinkled with Aussie slang.2022, Kenny Maule, “Early Summer 1969: A Stout, Wee Hut …”, in All Summer Long: A Cornish Beach Boy, Market Harborough, Leicestershire…. From the entry overmorrow
  • Ryan and I remain unmoved, standing at the edge of the water as five Speedo-clad lifeguards rush up to us.2016, John Early, Tales of a Modern Nomad: Monks Mushrooms and Other Misadventures, page 59. From the entry speedo
  • Do the lifeguards know even Newton's first law?2015 April 13, Koobee Wublee, “Rationale for contributing to sci.physics.relativity.”, in sci.physics.relativity (Usenet), retrieved 18…. From the entry fvck

Meaning of lifeguard

  1. noun A lifesaver: a rescuer, usually an expert swimmer, employed to save swimmers in trouble or near drowning at a body of water.
  2. noun A bodyguard or unit of bodyguards, a guard of someone's (especially a king's) life or person.
  3. noun 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.

Full definition of lifeguard

Questions about the plural of lifeguard

What is the plural of lifeguard?
The plural of lifeguard is lifeguards.
Is lifeguard countable?
Lifeguard is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: lifeguard (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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