1. An attendant employed at a beach or pool to protect swimmers from accidents
   "The lifesaver rushed into the water to rescue the struggling swimmer";
   - lifeguard, beltman [Austral, NZ]
    
2. A life preserver in the form of a ring of buoyant material
   "The sailor threw a lifesaver to the person overboard";
   - life buoy, life belt, life ring

1. A ring-shaped hard candy
   "He bought a roll of fruit-flavoured Life Savers"

Derived forms: lifesavers, Life Savers

Type of: attendant, attender, candy, confect, flotation device, life preserver, lolly [Austral, NZ], preserver, sweet [Brit], sweetie [Brit, informal], tender

Encyclopedia: Lifesaver