rescuer

From rescue +‎ -er.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹɛskjuːə(ɹ)/

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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:

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

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

     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.

• recures, recurse, securer