as in savior
one that saves from danger or destruction
the rescued hostages profusely thanked their camouflage-clad redeemers
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Recent Examples of redeemer
And there are other airlines, like JetBlue, that have almost entirely Airbus fleets or with their fair share of dedicated flyers — the three biggest airlines, American Airlines, Delta and United, all benefit from loyal credit card point redeemers.
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Ramishah Maruf, CNN, 21 Feb. 2025
This suspicion and other nagging uncertainties about the New South’s redeemer lingered in the minds of traveling reporters throughout the 1976 presidential campaign.
—Amber Roessner / Made By History, TIME, 29 Dec. 2024
This victory would further magnify the prime minister’s aura, enhancing his image as India’s redeemer.
—Ramachandra Guha, Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 2024
The people who support Modi see him as a kind of redeemer.
—Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 24 Jan. 2024
Because his very identity—as his family’s protector, the redeemer of its name and the breaker of its curse—is bound to the prospect of his sons’ successes in the ring, his professional favor is also a paternal popularity contest.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 20 Dec. 2023
The Meaning of Redemption Those words, redemption and redeemer, are significant.
—Jemar Tisby, CNN, 8 Apr. 2023
Trump’s rally contained spiritual elements that cast him as a prophet, redeemer and patriot.
—Gromer Jeffers Jr., Dallas News, 30 Mar. 2023
Meacham bids to be the redeemer in chief of the narrative of American exceptionalism: the venerable if now-shopworn story in which the United States has a providential and world-historic role as a nation distinctively dedicated to human liberty.
—John Fabian Witt, Washington Post, 24 Oct. 2022
Ramishah Maruf, CNN, 21 Feb. 2025
This suspicion and other nagging uncertainties about the New South’s redeemer lingered in the minds of traveling reporters throughout the 1976 presidential campaign.
—Amber Roessner / Made By History, TIME, 29 Dec. 2024
This victory would further magnify the prime minister’s aura, enhancing his image as India’s redeemer.
—Ramachandra Guha, Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 2024
The people who support Modi see him as a kind of redeemer.
—Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 24 Jan. 2024
Because his very identity—as his family’s protector, the redeemer of its name and the breaker of its curse—is bound to the prospect of his sons’ successes in the ring, his professional favor is also a paternal popularity contest.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 20 Dec. 2023
The Meaning of Redemption Those words, redemption and redeemer, are significant.
—Jemar Tisby, CNN, 8 Apr. 2023
Trump’s rally contained spiritual elements that cast him as a prophet, redeemer and patriot.
—Gromer Jeffers Jr., Dallas News, 30 Mar. 2023
Meacham bids to be the redeemer in chief of the narrative of American exceptionalism: the venerable if now-shopworn story in which the United States has a providential and world-historic role as a nation distinctively dedicated to human liberty.
—John Fabian Witt, Washington Post, 24 Oct. 2022
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“Redeemer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/redeemer. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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