1A person who saves someone from a dangerous or difficult situation.
all reached safety and thanked their rescuers
Example sentencesExamples
Teams of rescuers scoured bush-clad hills in rain and mist yesterday searching for the missing trio.
For the first time, she realized who her rescuer was.
By the time the rescuer reached the upturned boat, my father had disappeared.
Rescuers are probing the snow for an unknown number of people swept up in the massive avalanche.
The former police constable, and the driving force behind Saturday's ceremony, was one of the first rescuers on the scene 30 years ago.
Rescuers are attempting to pull the submarine off the ocean floor.
As they watched rescuers work frantically, another quake made the trees on the bank sway.
They are among the eight rescuers who found the stranded climbers.
Rescuers found the craftsman in his boat at sea, unharmed.
We saw the bravery of rescuers grow with the danger.
1.1A person who prevents something from failing.
his career as a rescuer of troubled companies
Example sentencesExamples
If the rescuers are sensible, they will focus on long-term structural improvements to budget balance rather than on short-term cuts.
The man's claim for assistance directly undermines the project of the potential rescuer.
There were simply too few private sector rescuers available for them.
In the end, the company found its would-be rescuer in a Canadian electronics retailer.
The old Chevy nameplate could prove the unlikely rescuer of a troubled Korean brand.
One of the results was a bad financial system, but it began with housing, so why have you and the other rescuers not done more about that?
Not all of those guarantees are as golden as the bold rescuers might hope.
He has to have that dinner—and press a deal on a rescuer who wants out of the rescue business.
In some cases, a start-up's rescuer turns out to be the offshoot of a big company that is sweeping up many small players.
The would-be rescuer who has become a target of wrath over Wall Street excesses and the ravages of the recession, knows all too well what is driving public anger.
Definition of rescuer in US English:
rescuer
nounˈreskyo͞oərˈrɛskjuər
1A person who saves someone from a dangerous or difficult situation.
all reached safety and thanked their rescuers
Example sentencesExamples
The former police constable, and the driving force behind Saturday's ceremony, was one of the first rescuers on the scene 30 years ago.
Teams of rescuers scoured bush-clad hills in rain and mist yesterday searching for the missing trio.
Rescuers are probing the snow for an unknown number of people swept up in the massive avalanche.
They are among the eight rescuers who found the stranded climbers.
By the time the rescuer reached the upturned boat, my father had disappeared.
Rescuers are attempting to pull the submarine off the ocean floor.
For the first time, she realized who her rescuer was.
We saw the bravery of rescuers grow with the danger.
Rescuers found the craftsman in his boat at sea, unharmed.
As they watched rescuers work frantically, another quake made the trees on the bank sway.
1.1A person who prevents something from failing.
his career as a rescuer of troubled companies
Example sentencesExamples
In the end, the company found its would-be rescuer in a Canadian electronics retailer.
The old Chevy nameplate could prove the unlikely rescuer of a troubled Korean brand.
The man's claim for assistance directly undermines the project of the potential rescuer.
The would-be rescuer who has become a target of wrath over Wall Street excesses and the ravages of the recession, knows all too well what is driving public anger.
There were simply too few private sector rescuers available for them.
He has to have that dinner—and press a deal on a rescuer who wants out of the rescue business.
Not all of those guarantees are as golden as the bold rescuers might hope.
In some cases, a start-up's rescuer turns out to be the offshoot of a big company that is sweeping up many small players.
One of the results was a bad financial system, but it began with housing, so why have you and the other rescuers not done more about that?
If the rescuers are sensible, they will focus on long-term structural improvements to budget balance rather than on short-term cuts.