preserver : Idioms & Phrases

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Game preserver

  • a land owner who regulates the killing of game on his estate with a view to its increase. Eng.
Webster 1913

life preserver

  • noun rescue equipment consisting of a buoyant belt or jacket to keep a person from drowning
    flotation device; preserver.
WordNet

life-preserver

Life"-pre*serv`er noun
Definitions
  1. An apparatus, made in very various forms, and of various materials, for saving one from drowning by buoying up the body while in the water. -- Life"-pre*serv`ing, a.
Webster 1913