lifer
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lif·er
(lī′fər)n. Slang
1. A prisoner serving a life sentence.
2. One who has spent an entire career working in a given field or in a single organization, especially in the military.
lifer
(ˈlaɪfə)n
informal a prisoner sentenced to life imprisonment
lif•er
(ˈlaɪ fər)n. Informal.
1. a person sentenced to or serving a term of life imprisonment.
2. a person committed to a professional lifetime career in the military.
[1820–30]
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lifer
[ˈlaɪfər] n → condamné(e) m/f à perpète life raft life-raft [ˈlaɪfrɑːft] n → radeau m de sauvetagelife-saver lifesaver [ˈlaɪfseɪvər] n (medically) to be a life-saver → sauver des vies
The cervical smear test is a lifesaver → Le frottis cervical sauve des vies.
The cervical smear test is a lifesaver → Le frottis cervical sauve des vies.
(= lifeguard) → secouriste mf, sauveteur/euse m/flife-saving [ˈlaɪfseɪvɪŋ]
n → secourisme m
modif [drug, operation, treatment] → salvateur/tricelife science n → sciences fpl de la vielife sentence n → peine f de réclusion à perpétuitélife-size [ˈlaɪfsaɪz] life-sized [ˈlaɪfsaɪzd] adj [statue, model, painting] → grandeur nature inv
lifer
n (inf) → Lebenslängliche(r) mf (inf)