survivor
Use Survivor in a sentence
vər noun
1.
a person or thing that survives.
2.
Law. the one of two or more designated persons, as joint tenants or others having a joint interest, who outlives the other or others.
3.
a person who continues to function or prosper in spite of opposition, hardship, or setbacks.
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| —n | |
| 1. | a person or thing that survives |
| 2. | property law one of two or more specified persons having joint interests in property who lives longer than the other or others and thereby becomes entitled to the whole property |
| survivorship | |
| —n | |
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Survivor
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
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Word Origin & History
survivor
1504, in the legal sense of "one who outlives another," from survive. Meaning "one who has a knack for pulling through adversity" is attested from 1971. Survivor syndrome is first recorded 1968.
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Example sentences
One by one, the matriarchs were eliminated until she was the only survivor, leading a family with about eight orphans.
If you are getting retirement or disability benefits on your own record, you will need to apply for the survivor benefits.
Eventually the last survivor from a once-mighty stand reaches the end and casts a final seed.
The only survivor was the ships monkey who was hung by the townsfolk.
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