rescuer

/ˈrɛskjuər/

/ˈrɛskjuə/

Other forms: rescuers

If you fall in a deep well, burst into flames, or walk off a cliff, you’re going to need a rescuer — someone to come and save you. A rescuer helps get people out of danger.

When a lifeguard swims out to save a drowning person, the lifeguard is a rescuer, and when a firefighter emerges from a burning house with a frightened puppy, the firefighter is a rescuer. In the book The Rescuers, mice help get other mice out of trouble. Someone who helps save a failing company or organization is another kind of rescuer, too: "The new CEO is a famous rescuer of troubled businesses."

Definitions of rescuer

1. noun

   a person who rescues you from harm or danger
   synonyms: deliverer, savior, saviour

   types:

   christ, messiah

   any expected deliverer

   type of:

   benefactor, helper

   a person who helps people or institutions (especially with financial help)
2. noun

   someone who saves something from danger or violence
   synonyms: recoverer, saver

   types:

   salvager, salvor

   someone who salvages

   succorer, succourer

   someone who gives help in times of need or distress or difficulty

   stooper

   a person at a racetrack who searches for winning parimutuel tickets that have been carelessly discarded by others

   type of:

   individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul

   a human being