Reliever : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Reliever	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Reliever
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
reliever n someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult); "the star had a stand-in for dangerous scenes"; "we need extra employees for summer fill-ins" Synonym(s): stand-in, substitute, relief, reliever, backup, backup man, fill-in a person who reduces the intensity (e.g., of fears) and calms and pacifies; "a reliever of anxiety"; "an allayer of fears" Synonym(s): reliever, allayer, comforter a pitcher who does not start the game Synonym(s): reliever, relief pitcher, fireman
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Reliever \Re*liev"er\ (-?r), n. One who, or that which, relieves.