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savior

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English

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Etymology

First attested in 1300 as Middle English saveour, from Old French sauveour, from Late Latin salvātor, from salvō. Doublet of salvator. Displaced native Old English hǣlend.

Pronunciation

Noun

savior (plural saviors) (American spelling)

  1. A person who saves someone, rescues another from harm.
  2. (medicine) A child who is conceived in order to provide an organ or cell transplant to a sibling who has an otherwise fatal disease (used in combination, with "sibling", "baby", "child", "brother", "sister", etc.)

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Latin

Pronunciation

Verb

sāvior (present infinitive sāviārī, perfect active sāviātus sum); first conjugation, deponent

  1. alternative form of suāvior

Conjugation

References

  • savior”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
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Middle English

Noun

savior

  1. alternative form of saveour

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