rescuer

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

rescuer
    n 1: a person who rescues you from harm or danger [syn:
         {savior}, {saviour}, {rescuer}, {deliverer}]
    2: someone who saves something from danger or violence [syn:
       {rescuer}, {recoverer}, {saver}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Rescuer \Res"cu*er\ (-k?-?r), n.
   One who rescues.
   [1913 Webster]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

25 Moby Thesaurus words for "rescuer":
      Audubon Society, National Wildlife Service, Sierra Club,
      air-sea rescue, coast guard, conservationist, conservator,
      deliverer, forest ranger, freer, game warden, keeper, liberator,
      lifeboat, lifeguard, lifesaver, manumitter, preservationist,
      preserver, ranger, redeemer, safekeeper, saver, savior,
      taxidermist

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