savior

Meaning

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

Frequency

C1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈseɪvjɚ/
Etymology

In summary

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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