English Explanatory Dictionary

savior

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A person who saves someone, rescues another from harm.
  2. 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.)
name
  1. Jesus Christ
  2. A male given name from English.
  3. A female given name from English.

Pronunciation

/ˈseɪvjɚ/ /ˈseɪvjə/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-savior.wav LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Savior.wav

Word forms

savior saviors saviour the Savior

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.

Related words

Savior Saviour salvor salvager salvator El Salvador Salvador Salvatore

Derived words

savior complex savioress saviorhood saviorism saviorship saviouress saviourhood saviourship saviour sibling white savior
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