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Webster 1913 Edition
Survivor
Sur-viv′or
,Noun.
1.
One who survives or outlives another person, or any time, event, or thing.
The
In filial obligation for some term
To do obsequious sorrow.
survivor
boundIn filial obligation for some term
To do obsequious sorrow.
Shakespeare
2.
(Law)
The longer liver of two joint tenants, or two persons having a joint interest in anything.
Blackstone.
Webster 1828 Edition
Survivor
SURVI'VOR
,Noun.
1.
In law, the longer liver of two joint tenants, or of any two persons who have a joint interest in any thing.Definition 2024
survivor
survivor
English
Alternative forms
- survivour (obsolete)
Noun
survivor (plural survivors)
- One who survives; one who endures through disaster or hardship.
- One who knew a specific decedent.
- She was from a large family and had many friends, so the funeral was crowded with mourning survivors.
Synonyms
- (person able to endure hardship): trooper, tough cookie
Translations
one who survives
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One who knew a specific decedent
Derived terms
- sole survivor