rescuer Definition

rescue
verb rescued, rescuing

1. To free someone or something from danger, evil, trouble, captivity, etc; to save.

Thesaurus: save, free, liberate, release, extricate, deliver, redeem, salvage, recover, ransom; Antonym: capture.
2a. law.
To free someone from legal custody by force;
2b. law.
To recover (goods) by force.

noun

1. The act or an instance of rescuing or being rescued.

Thesaurus: release, salvation, liberation, delivery, deliverance, salvage, recovery, redemption, relief; Antonym: capture.
2a. law.
The freeing of someone from legal custody by force;
2b. law.
The recovery of goods by force.

Derivative: rescuer
noun

Etymology: 14c: from French rescourre, to shake out or remove, ultimately from Latin quatere to shake.