¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Lifesavers
1. lifesaver [n] - See also: lifesaver
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lifesavers
Literary usage of Lifesavers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Black Americans in Defense of Our Nation: Female Participation & Involvement by DIANE Publishing Company (1990)
"Blacks played a significant role in the US Life-Saving Service, serving as
lifesavers stationed along the Maryland, Virginia, and North Carolina shores. ..."
2. New Jersey as a Colony and as a State: One of the Original Thirteen by Francis Bazley Lee (1902)
"... manned by two thousand brave and skilful wreckers and lifesavers, and for
which the government appropriates annually two million dollars. ..."
3. Youth Violence: Developing Local and State Solutions Hearings Before the edited by Fred Thompson (1998)
"They have been lifesavers. But I cannot sit here—that is just not my nature.
What I am saying is what you sent us we have spent wisely, we will spend wisely ..."
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