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RECOVERER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does recoverer mean?
• RECOVERER (noun)
The noun RECOVERER has 1 sense:
1. someone who saves something from danger or violence
Familiarity information: RECOVERER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone who saves something from danger or violence
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Hypernyms ("recoverer" is a kind of...):
individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "recoverer"):
salvager; salvor (someone who salvages)
succorer; succourer (someone who gives help in times of need or distress or difficulty)
Derivation:
recover (get or find back; recover the use of)
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