saviour
noun/ˈseɪvjə(r)/
/ˈseɪvjər/
(US English savior)
- [usually singular] a person who rescues somebody/something from a dangerous or difficult situation
- The new manager has been hailed as the saviour of the club.
- He was hailed as the saviour of the nation.
- The people clearly saw her as their saviour.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- potential
- would-be
- personal
- …
- acclaim somebody as
- hail somebody as
- see somebody/something as
- …
- saviour of
- the Saviour[singular] used in the Christian religion as another name for Jesus Christ
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French sauveour, from ecclesiastical Latin salvator (translating Greek sōtēr), from late Latin salvare ‘to save’.
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