Meaning

2 senses
  1. (US)A person who saves someone, rescues another from harm.

    Erlöser, Erlöserin, Retter

    спаси́тельspasítelʹ, спаси́тельницаspasítelʹnica, спаса́тельspasátelʹ

    рятівни́кrjativnýk, рятівни́цяrjativnýcja

    a person who rescues you from harm or danger

  2. (US)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

24 sentences
  1. You're our savior.

    ruВы наш спаситель.

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  2. Maximus is the savior of Rome.

    Максимус - рятівник Риму.

    ruМаксимус — спаситель Рима.

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  3. Sami envisioned himself as a savior.

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  4. He saw himself as the world's savior.

    ruОн видел в себе спасителя мира.

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  5. She saw herself as the world's savior.

    deSie sah sich als die Erretterin der Welt.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
a person who saves someone, rescues another from harm:
Русский
By meaning 1
a person who saves someone, rescues another from harm:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
a person who saves someone, rescues another from harm:

Origin

First attested in 1300 as Middle English saveour, from Old French sauveour, from Late Lati

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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Forms

plural: saviors
Singularsavior
Pluralsaviors

regular

Synonyms

10 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

11 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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