savior

CEFRB1

/ˈseɪvjɚ/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A person who saves someone from danger or difficulty.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    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.)

Examples

  • He saw himself as the savior of the world.

  • Asahara thinks himself a savior.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
4
Parts of speech
1

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. Jesus Christ

  2. A person who saves someone, rescues another from harm.

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The hero was hailed as a blank after rescuing the hostages.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

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.