rescuer

English

Etymology

From rescue ‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹɛskjuːə(ɹ)/

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Noun

rescuer (plural rescuers)

1. A person who rescues someone or something.
   • 1997 September 28, “In Rescuing a Relative, a Helping or a Heavy Hand?”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     […] an opportunistic relative masquerading as his rescuer, […]

   • 2012, John Branch, “Snow Fall : The Avalanche at Tunnel Creek”, in New York Time‎^[2]:

     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.

Derived terms

• mountain rescuer
• self-rescuer

 

Translations

person who rescues

• Arabic: مُنْقِذ m (munqiḏ), مُنَجٍّ m (munajjin)

  South Levantine Arabic (Palestinian): منقذ m (múnqez)

• Armenian: փրկարար (hy) (pʻrkarar), փրկիչ (hy) (pʻrkičʻ)
• Belarusian: ратава́льнік m (rataválʹnik), ратава́льніца f (rataválʹnica)
• Bulgarian: спаси́тел (bg) m (spasítel), спаси́телка f (spasítelka)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 救助者 (jiùzhùzhě)

• Czech: záchranář (cs) m, záchranářka f
• Danish: redder (da) c
• Dutch: redder (nl) m
• Estonian: päästja
• Finnish: pelastaja (fi)
• French: sauveur (fr) m, sauveuse (fr) f, sauveteur (fr) m, sauveteuse (fr) f
• Georgian: მაშველი (mašveli)
• German: Retter (de) m, Retterin (de) f
• Greek: διασώστης (el) (diasóstis), σωτήρ (el) m (sotír), σωτήρας (el) m (sotíras), λυτρωτής (el) m (lytrotís)
• Italian: soccorritore (it) m, soccorritrice (it) f
• Japanese: 救助者 (きゅうじょしゃ, kyūjosha)
• Kazakh: құтқарушы (qūtqaruşy)
• Korean: 구조자(救助者) (gujoja), 구출자(救出者) (guchulja)
• Kyrgyz: куткаруучу (kutkaruucu)
• Macedonian: спасител m (spasitel), спасителка f (spasitelka)
• Malayalam: രക്ഷകൻ (ml) m (rakṣakaṉ), രക്ഷക (ml) f (rakṣaka)
• Maori: kaiwhakaora, kairauora, kaiwhakarauora
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: redder (no) m

• Persian: رهادهنده (fa) (rahâdahande), نجات‌دهنده (fa) (nejât-dahande)
• Polish: ratownik (pl) m, ratowniczka (pl) f
• Romanian: salvator (ro) m
• Russian: спаса́тель (ru) m (spasátelʹ), спаса́тельница (ru) f (spasátelʹnica), (redeemer) спаси́тель (ru) m (spasítelʹ) спаси́тельница (ru) f (spasítelʹnica), избави́тель (ru) m (izbavítelʹ), избави́тельница (ru) f (izbavítelʹnica)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: спа̀силац m

  Roman: spàsilac (sh) m

• Slovak: záchranár m, záchranárka f
• Slovene: reševalec m, reševalka f, rešitelj m, rešiteljica f
• Spanish: rescatista m or f
• Swedish: räddare (sv) c
• Tajik: наҷотдиҳанда (najotdihanda)
• Telugu: రక్షకుడు (te) (rakṣakuḍu)
• Turkish: kurtarıcı (tr)
• Ukrainian: рятува́льник m (rjatuválʹnyk), рятува́льниця f (rjatuválʹnycja)
• Uzbek: qutqaruvchi (uz)
• Welsh: achubwr m

Anagrams

• recures, recurse, securer