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Meaning of reliever

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  reliever
      n 1: someone who takes the place of another (as when things get
           dangerous or difficult); "the star had a stand-in for
           dangerous scenes"; "we need extra employees for summer
           fill-ins" [syn: {stand-in}, {substitute}, {relief},
           {reliever}, {backup}, {backup man}, {fill-in}]
      2: a person who reduces the intensity (e.g., of fears) and calms
         and pacifies; "a reliever of anxiety"; "an allayer of fears"
         [syn: {reliever}, {allayer}, {comforter}]
      3: a pitcher who does not start the game [syn: {reliever},
         {relief pitcher}, {fireman}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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