lifesaver

(līf'sā'vər)
n.

1. One that saves a life.
2. See lifeguard.
3. One that provides help in a crisis or emergency.
4. A life preserver shaped like a ring.

lifesaving life'sav'ing n.

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The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: an attendant employed at a beach or pool to protect swimmers from accidents
  Synonym: lifeguard

Meaning #2: a life preserver in the form of a ring of buoyant material
  Synonyms: life buoy, life belt, life ring

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - livredder, livsfornødenhed, doughnut

Nederlands (Dutch)
redder in de nood, reddingsboei, bad-/ strandmeester

Français (French)
n. - objet de grande utilité, sauveteur

Deutsch (German)
n. - Rettungsschwimmer, Lebensretter

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ναυαγοσώστης

Italiano (Italian)
salvagente

Português (Portuguese)
n. - salva-vidas, bala (f) (de hortelã) (marca reg.)

Русский (Russian)
спасатель

Español (Spanish)
n. - bañero, salvación

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - livräddare, strandvakt, badvakt

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
救命者, 济急的人, 水难救生员

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 救命者, 濟急的人, 水難救生員

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 인명 구조자, 구명구, 궁지에서 구해주는 사람

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 人命救助者, 救命具

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) منقذ الغرقى, نعمه أو بركه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מציל (במקום רחצה), דבר המציל אדם מקושי רציני‬

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