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rescuer

/ˈɹɛskjuːə(ɹ)/

rescuer noun: a person who rescues someone or something.

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Noun

rescuer (plural rescuers)

  1. A person who rescues someone or something.
    • 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
    • […] 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

rescuer meaning in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Arabic

rescuer in Tamil

மீட்பாளர்

rescuer in Telugu

person who rescues
రక్షకుడు rakṣakuḍu

rescuer in Malayalam

person who rescues
രക്ഷകൻ rakṣakaṉ, രക്ഷക rakṣaka

rescuer in Arabic

person who rescues
مُنْقِذ munqiḏ, مُنَجٍّ munajjin
More languagesFewer languages
rescuer in Persian
رهادهنده rahâdahande, نجاتدهنده nejât-dahande

Examples of rescuer in a sentence

  • She knew from avalanche safety courses that outstretched hands might puncture the ice surface and alert rescuers.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...
  • 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:

Forms of rescuer

pluralrescuers

Plural of rescuer: rescuers

Origin of rescuer

From rescue + -er.

Words formed from rescuer

Questions about rescuer

What does rescuer mean?
Rescuer means a person who rescues someone or something.
What is rescuer in Tamil?
Rescuer in Tamil is மீட்பாளர். See Rescuer meaning in Tamil.
How do you use rescuer in a sentence?
She knew from avalanche safety courses that outstretched hands might puncture the ice surface and alert rescuers.
What part of speech is rescuer?
Rescuer is a noun.
How do you pronounce rescuer?
Rescuer is pronounced /ˈɹɛskjuːə(ɹ)/.
What is the plural of rescuer?
The plural of rescuer is rescuers.

Words near rescuer in the dictionary

  1. rescuee
  2. rescuees
  3. rescueless
  4. rescueman
  5. rescuemen
  6. rescuer
  7. rescuers
  8. rescues
  9. rescuin'
  10. rescuing
  11. rescuings

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: rescuer (page history and authors); rescuer (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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