rescuer
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1.4
- noun
- /ˈrɛskjuːər/
:
rescatador
- I began to see Julia as more than my rescuer, or even my friend.
- rescuers and survivors
- bystanders and rescuers
And they were hugging and crying and thanking rescuers.
- And they were hugging and crying and thanking rescuers.
- But in reality, I think this child needs a rescuer.
- But gradually we come to accept these rescuers as our friends, our heroes, almost as secular deities.
- Hardly any of these people said, I think I'm going to be a heroic rescuer and I'm going to hide and transport Jewish children and put my life in jeopardy.
- They are both your abuser and your rescuer and frankly your blamer.
- And the people that call called the snake rescuer because that's a profession in India.
- And for many rescuers, that is a devastating moment.
- Now, for people who are rescuers, this is sort of a reverse love bomb.
- Others went down the hill and into, into, you know, I guess structures that rescuers sent them into.
- Because I did a lifeguard course like I did this what the you take a course so you could be like a life rescuer lifeguard person.
- So people tell me I'm great, but by doing good deeds, by being perceived as saviors, by being perceived as grand rescuers, humanitarians.
- Because the rescuer has no because in this case, the rescuer has no pre-existing duty to take the skier down the mountain.
Examples
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"You're right," she told her mysterious rescuer, "let's go someplace else."
Fiction book (1992) -
He was even named Junior Rescuer of the Year.
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And that way I could say that I was a rescuer, too.
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- Where did our rescuer go?
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When I finished my studies I wanted to be a mountain rescuer.
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My world was small, and he was my rescuer from a life in the margins.
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It's only now we can identify his rescuer as Eric Kirby, the boy he was brought to rescue.
Fiction book (2001) -
And for many rescuers, that is a devastating moment.
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When they pried her from the stiff, dead arms of her nurse, the rescuers found her unconscious but alive.
Fiction book (2000) -
The firefighter was a true rescuer, saving the family from the burning house.
Synonyms
194
3.2
A person who helps someone escape danger or harm
28
3.0
A person or thing that helps you a lot when you are in trouble
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4.6
A person who rescues others from danger
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5.9
A person who rescues others from danger
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5.6
A person who saves people or things from danger
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3.5
A person who gives very important help in a difficult situation
A person who helps others in trouble
Antonyms
How Skilled
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Rescuer comes from the verb rescue, which means 'to save' or 'pull out' someone from danger. So a rescuer is a person who saves others from harm.