responder
noun/rɪˈspɑndər/
Frequency rank: #15,611 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
a person who responds, especially one who arrives first at an emergency.
Example sentence
The first responder to arrive at the accident scene began treating the injured immediately.
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