crossing guard
5
2.5
- noun
- /ˈkrɔsɪŋ ɡɑrd/
- US
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- I'm a crossing guard, and I say, introduce your child (and yourself) to the crossing guard.
- a school crossing guard
In the middle of the air there was a crossing guard in a fluorescent green coat, double wide.
- In the middle of the air there was a crossing guard in a fluorescent green coat, double wide.
Examples
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We cross the last street before the school, saying "good morning" to the crossing guard.
Blog text (10) -
There is a crossing guard in front of the school to help children cross Nadeau Avenue.
Fiction book (1996) -
I miss seeing you now and then; I am still at the same post working my crossing guard duties.
Blog text (2) -
Grandma still volunteers as a crossing guard.
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Hoag has been the crossing guard for the past 14 years and turned 90 years old on Friday.
Blog text (7) -
My children are not allowed to ride their bikes or walk to school because there isn't a crossing guard.
Blog text (11) -
Johnson, who works as a school crossing guard on Miami Beach, said she bought the two-bedroom house back in 1985.
Blog text (1) -
Jimmy and Tommy are loading the cartons into the arms of a woman school-crossing guard who is having difficulty carrying the load.
Fiction book (1990) -
The crossing guard helped the children safely cross the street after school.
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Every morning, the crossing guard stands at the corner to assist kids on their way to class.
How Safe
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2.8
- US
5
2.5
1
1.9
- UK
1
2.1
- UK
1
1.3
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a person supervising and assisting people to cross streets' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'crossing' (the act of traversing a road) with 'guard' (a person employed to watch or protect). This noun–noun composition follows regular English compounding patterns and is cross‑linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
Crossing guard The noun crossing guard comes from the simple image of a person who guards a street crossing, someone who stands in the road, stops cars, and helps children 'cross' safely. So it means a person who looks after and helps people to cross the street.