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sav⋅ior

  [seyv-yer]
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–noun
1. a person who saves, rescues, or delivers: the savior of the country.
2. (initial capital letter) a title of God, esp. of Christ.
3. (initial capital letter) Classical Mythology. an epithet of Artemis.
Also, saviour.

Origin:
1250–1300; ME saveour, sauveur < OF sauvëour < LL salvātor, equiv. to L salvā(re) to save 1 + -tor -tor

Related forms:
sav⋅ior⋅hood, sav⋅ior⋅ship, noun

Usage note:
See -or 1 .
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sav·ior   (sāv'yər)   
n.  

  1. A person who rescues another from harm, danger, or loss.

  2. Savior Christianity Jesus.


[Middle English saviour, from Old French sauveour, from Late Latin salvātor, from salvāre, to save; see save1.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

savior 
c.1300, "one who delivers or rescues from peril," also a title of Jesus Christ, from O.Fr. sauveour, from L.L. salvatorem (nom. salvator) "a saver, preserver" (cf. Sp. salvador, It. salvatore), from salvatus, pp. of salvare "to save" (see save (v.)). In Christian sense, translation of Gk. soter "savior." Replaced O.E. hælend "healer."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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