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View synonyms for life preserver

life preserver

noun

  1. a buoyant jacket, belt, or other like device for keeping a person afloat.
  2. British Slang. a weapon, especially a short stick with a weighted head; blackjack.


life preserver

noun

  1. a club or bludgeon, esp one kept for self-defence
  2. a life belt or life jacket
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of life preserver1

First recorded in 1630–40
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Example Sentences

Landon Knack has been a human life preserver for the Dodgers, an unsung rookie right-hander who has helped keep the rotation afloat when seas get a little rough.

“They are dressing her for the deck and putting her life preserver on.”

With no parachutes, no life preservers, no rafts and no radios, the four planes guided by eight U.S.

He threw all the life preservers he could reach to other men, then pulled himself further up the sloping deck, away from the water now angrily smashing its way through windows and doors.

From BBC

The measure “was simply a life preserver that was being thrown or could have been thrown to schools to stem the crisis,” he said.

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