From rescue + -er .
rescuer (plural rescuers )
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.
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