Succour definition

Sheltered by him they could await foreign succour or a reaction at home.

I will not call upon the people to succour me; I will die at the foot of the altar rather than desert it.

All spurned them from their doors when they applied for succour.

Beresford was detached to succour Badajoz, but was soon recalled, as it had fallen to Soult.

The Jews of America have also taken a foremost place in the succour of their oppressed brethren in Russia and other parts of the world.