reliever

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

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noun someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult)
noun a person who reduces the intensity (e.g., of fears) and calms and pacifies
noun a pitcher who does not start the game

From relieve + -er.

The inferior ranks of people no longer looked upon that order as they had done before; as the comforters of their distress, and the relievers of their indigence. — An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, Adam Smith
Amongst them was that of General De la Rey, who had come from the Western frontier of our Republic, and that of General Snyman, whom I regard as the real defender and reliever of Mafeking, for he was afraid to attack a garrison of 1,000 men with twice that number of burghers. — My Reminiscences of the Anglo-Boer War, Ben J. (Ben Johannis) Viljoen

stand-in, substitute, relief, backup, backup man, fill-in

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