savior

nouncommon in dialogue

United Kingdom//ˈseɪvjə//
United States//ˈseɪvjɚ//

A person who saves someone, rescues another from harm.

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.)

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.

Forms

plural: saviors

Save · A river in southeastern Africa that flows about 400 km (250…saved · Rescued from the consequences of sin.saving · A reduction in cost or expenditure.

savior · A person who saves someone, rescues another from harm.

Savior · Jesus Christ saviour · UK and Canada spelling of savior.Saviour · UK standard spelling of Savior.

The neighbouring pages — Alphabetical order follows the rules of the language, not byte values: an accent decides only between two otherwise identical words, and Spanish files Ñ as a letter of its own.