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Vinony

savior

noun

No English definition recorded for this entry.

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈseɪvjɚ/ / /ˈseɪvjə/

name

Etymology: From savior. Doublet of Salvador.

  1. Jesus Christ
  2. A male given name from English.
  3. A female given name from English.

noun

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.

  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.)