rescuee

plural rescuees

1. Someone who is rescued.

   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

   1 more example

   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