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savior

Pronunciation: /ˈseɪvjɚ/

The English word “savior” has 2 meanings listed here.

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.

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