rescuer en · NOUN
Pronunciation
Etymology
From rescue + -er.
Meanings
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A person who rescues someone or something.
[…] an opportunistic relative masquerading as his rescuer, […]
1997 September 28, “In Rescuing a Relative, a Helping or a Heavy Hand?”, in The New York Times:By now, a new worry had emerged. With the rescuers working close to so many dead bodies, there was fear of disease taking hold.
2025 February 19, Mike Lewis, “Tragedy at Moorgate”, in RAIL, number 1029, page 59, about the Moorgate tube crash:As Tarzan’s heavy hand fell upon his shoulder the priest dropped his victim, and turned upon her would-be rescuer.
1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1963, page 171:She knew from avalanche safety courses that outstretched hands might puncture the ice surface and alert rescuers. She knew that if victims ended up buried under the snow, cupped hands in front of the face could provide a small pocket of air for the mouth and nose. Without it, the first breaths could create a suffocating ice mask.
2012 December 26, John Branch, “Snow Fall: The Avalanche at Tunnel Creek”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 14 Nov 2013:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| rescuers | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
mountain rescuer · self-rescuer · pararescuer
Translations (70)
sh spàsilac (person who rescues) · ajp منقذ (person who rescues) · et päästja (person who rescues) · fr sauveuse (person who rescues) · sl rešiteljica (person who rescues) · eo savanto (person who rescues) · sv räddare (person who rescues) · mk спасителка (person who rescues) · nb redder (person who rescues) · ar مُنَجٍّ (person who rescues) · fa رهادهنده (person who rescues) · tr kurtarıcı (person who rescues) · fa نجاتدهنده (person who rescues) · fr sauveteur (person who rescues) · ro salvator (person who rescues) · ky куткаруучу (person who rescues) · ml രക്ഷകൻ (person who rescues) · hy փրկիչ (person who rescues) · pl ratowniczka (person who rescues) · ja 救助者 (person who rescues) · mi kaiwhakarauora (person who rescues) · mk спасител (person who rescues) · da redder (person who rescues) · de Retterin (person who rescues) · cy achubwr (person who rescues) · ar مُنْقِذ (person who rescues) · sl reševalec (person who rescues) · it soccorritore (person who rescues) · el διασώστης (person who rescues) · fr sauveteuse (person who rescues) · cs záchranář (person who rescues) · cmn 救助者 (person who rescues) · mi kaiwhakaora (person who rescues) · ru спаса́тель (person who rescues) · sl rešitelj (person who rescues) · uz qutqaruvchi (person who rescues) · ko 구출자 (person who rescues) · es rescatista (person who rescues) · sl reševalka (person who rescues) · ru избави́тель (person who rescues) · be ратава́льнік (person who rescues) · tg наҷотдиҳанда (person who rescues) · uk рятува́льник (person who rescues) · te రక్షకుడు (person who rescues) · uk рятува́льниця (person who rescues) · el σωτήρ (person who rescues) · it soccorritrice (person who rescues) · ru спаси́тель m спаси́тельница (person who rescues) · ko 구조자 (person who rescues) · el σωτήρας (person who rescues) · bg спаси́тел (person who rescues) · nl redder (person who rescues) · kk құтқарушы (person who rescues) · de Retter (person who rescues) · mi kairauora (person who rescues) · ka მაშველი (person who rescues) · be ратава́льніца (person who rescues) · bg спаси́телка (person who rescues) · ml രക്ഷക (person who rescues) · sh спа̀силац (person who rescues) · ru избави́тельница (person who rescues) · pl ratownik (person who rescues) · sk záchranárka (person who rescues) · cs záchranářka (person who rescues) · ru спаса́тельница (person who rescues) · hy փրկարար (person who rescues) · fi pelastaja (person who rescues) · fr sauveur (person who rescues) · el λυτρωτής (person who rescues) · sk záchranár (person who rescues)