Survivor Definition

sərvīvər
survivors
noun
survivors
A person or thing that survives; specif., a person who has survived an ordeal or great misfortune.
Webster's New World
A person regarded as resilient or courageous enough to be able to overcome hardship, misfortune, etc.
Webster's New World

One who survives; one who endures through disaster or hardship.

Wiktionary

One who knew a specific decedent.

She was from a large family and had many friends, so the funeral was crowded with mourning survivors.
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Noun

Singular:
survivor
Plural:
survivors

Survivor Sentence Examples

  • He's a survivor, and now he's the hero of the neighborhood.

  • This uncle was an old companion of La Perouse and a survivor of the expedition in which that navigator perished.

  • While she mourned Howie's passing she is a survivor and always has been.

  • The leadership now devolved upon Simon, the last survivor of the sons of Mattathias.

  • Bernard was succeeded in 1706 by his three sons, Ernest Louis, Frederick William and Anton Ulrich, but after 1746 the only survivor was the youngest, Anton Ulrich, who reigned alone from this date until his death in 1763.

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Words Starting With

SSUSUR

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RORVOR

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