reliever
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EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
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- Rhymes: -iːvə(r)
NounEdit
reliever (plural relievers)
- (chiefly medicine) Something which relieves (pain, etc.).
- Pepto-Bismol is an upset stomach reliever.
- (baseball) A relief pitcher.
- The first reliever got the last two outs of the sixth.
- Someone who fills in for another.
- I'll be the reliever today so that you can each take a break.
- (slang, dated) A garment kept for being lent out.