rescuer

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun rescuer has 2 senses

rescuer(n = noun.person) deliverer, savior, saviour - a person who rescues you from harm or danger; Array

has particulars: christ, messiah

is a kind of benefactor, helper

Derived form verb rescue₁

rescuer(n = noun.person) recoverer, saver - someone who saves something from danger or violence; Array

is a kind of individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul

has particulars: salvager, salvor, succorer, succourer

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CIDE DICTIONARY

rescuer, n.

One who rescues. [1913 Webster]

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THESAURUS

rescuer

Audubon Society, National Wildlife Service, Sierra Club, air-sea rescue, coast guard, conservationist, conservator, deliverer, forest ranger, freer, game warden, keeper, liberator, lifeboat, lifeguard, lifesaver, manumitter, preservationist, preserver, ranger, redeemer, safekeeper, saver, savior, taxidermist

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