Meaning

1 senses
  1. A person who rescues someone or something.

    Retter, Retterin

    спаса́тельspasátelʹ, спаса́тельницаspasátelʹnica, спаси́тель m спаси́тельницаspasítelʹ

    рятува́льникrjatuválʹnyk, рятува́льницяrjatuválʹnycja

    a person who rescues you from harm or danger

Examples

29 sentences
  1. Tom died before the rescuers arrived.

    deTom starb, ehe die Rettungsmannschaft ankam. — raggione

  2. Rescuers are digging through the debris in search of survivors.

  3. He died before the rescuers arrived.

    ruОн умер до прибытия спасателей. — namikiri

    deEr starb, ehe die Rettungsmannschaft ankam. — raggione

  4. The rescuers formed a human chain.

  5. Fyodor waited for rescuers to come.

Translations

8 languages
Українська
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Русский
By meaning 1
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Deutsch
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Origin

From rescue + -er.

From rescue + -er.

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Forms

plural: rescuers
Singularrescuer
Pluralrescuers

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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