"lifesaver" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-lifesaver.wav [Southern-England] Forms: lifesavers [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪvə(ɹ) Etymology: life + saver Etymology templates: {{compound|en|life|saver}} life + saver Head templates: {{en-noun}} lifesaver (plural lifesavers)
  1. Someone or something that saves lives. Synonyms (someone saving lives): lifeguard, rescuer Synonyms (something saving lives): life buoy [UK], life preserver [US], life ring Translations (that saves lives): 救生員 (Chinese Mandarin), 救生员 (jiùshēngyuán) (Chinese Mandarin), 救命者 (jiùmìngzhě) (Chinese Mandarin), hengenpelastaja (Finnish), secouriste [feminine, masculine] (French), sauveteur [masculine] (French), Lebensretter [masculine] (German), ライフセーバー (raifusēbā) (Japanese), manapou (Maori), спаса́тель (spasátelʹ) [masculine] (Russian), спаса́тельница (spasátelʹnica) (english: professional) [feminine] (Russian), спаси́тель (spasítelʹ) [masculine] (Russian), спаси́тельница (spasítelʹnica) (english: savior) [feminine] (Russian), záchranár [masculine] (Slovak), záchranárka [feminine] (Slovak), ప్రాణదాత (prāṇadāta) (Telugu)
    Sense id: en-lifesaver-en-noun-GovYY3QA Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 56 44 Disambiguation of 'someone saving lives': 96 4 Disambiguation of 'something saving lives': 96 4 Disambiguation of 'that saves lives': 99 1
  2. (figuratively) Someone or something that is very useful or helpful. Tags: figuratively Synonyms: boon, godsend Translations (that is useful): 救星 (jiùxīng) (Chinese Mandarin), 救命稻草 (jiùmìng dàocǎo) (Chinese Mandarin), 救命草 (jiùmìngcǎo) (Chinese Mandarin), suuri apu (Finnish), pelastaja (Finnish), pelastus (Finnish), Segen [masculine] (German), Rettungsanker [masculine] (German), rettender Anker [masculine] (German), 天与 (ten'yo) (alt: てんよ) (Japanese), я́корь спасе́ния (jákorʹ spasénija) [masculine, person] (Russian), па́лочка-выруча́лочка (páločka-vyručáločka) (english: thing) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-lifesaver-en-noun-RXQd4IOV Disambiguation of 'that is useful': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: life-saver, life saver

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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rettender Anker"
    },
    {
      "alt": "てんよ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "ten'yo",
      "sense": "that is useful",
      "word": "天与"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "jákorʹ spasénija",
      "sense": "that is useful",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "person"
      ],
      "word": "я́корь спасе́ния"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "thing",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "páločka-vyručáločka",
      "sense": "that is useful",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "па́лочка-выруча́лочка"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lifesaver"
}

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