rescuee
noun/ˌɹɛskjuˈiː/
Etymology From rescue + -ee.
1
Someone who is rescued.
- Justice North agreed with the lawyers who brought the case that the rescuees were effectively and completely detained by the government.2004, Daniel Ross, Violent Democracy, page 116:
- Every rescuee interviewed said the students had not asked for payment.2023 May 5, Declan Walsh, “‘Only Word for Them Is Heroes’: How 2 Students Rescued Dozens in Sudan”, in The New York Times: