emergency (noun) — sense 3

A person brought in at short notice to replace a member of staff, a player in a sporting team, etc.

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Example
November 2 2014, Daniel Taylor, "Sergio Agüero strike wins derby for Manchester City against 10-man United," guardian.co.uk
Van Gaal responded by replacing Adnan Januzaj with Carrick and, in fairness, the emergency centre-half did exceedingly well given that he has not played since May.
Order number
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Part of speech
noun

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