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One who rescues various characters (7)

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I believe the answer is:

saviour

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'one who rescues' is the definition.
The answer is a person as well as being a singular noun. This is suggested by the definition.

'various characters' is the wordplay.
'characters' indicates anagramming the letters.
'various' with letters rearranged gives 'SAVIOUR'.

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(Other definitions for saviour that I've seen before include "One who delivers people from harm or danger" , "preservative type" , "Rescuer" , "Round, flat plate" , "Deliverer or redeemer" .)

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