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CROSSING GUARD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does crossing guard mean? 

CROSSING GUARD (noun)
  The noun CROSSING GUARD has 1 sense:

1. someone who helps people (especially children) at a traffic crossingplay

  Familiarity information: CROSSING GUARD used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CROSSING GUARD (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who helps people (especially children) at a traffic crossing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("crossing guard" is a kind of...):

traffic cop (a policeman who controls the flow of automobile traffic)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "crossing guard"):

lollipop lady; lollipop woman (a woman hired to help children cross a road safely near a school)


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