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saviour

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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·iour   (sāv'yər)   
n.   Chiefly British
Variant of savior.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Saviour

one who saves from any form or degree of evil. In its highest sense the word indicates the relation sustained by our Lord to his redeemed ones, he is their Saviour. The great message of the gospel is about salvation and the Saviour. It is the "gospel of salvation." Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ secures to the sinner a personal interest in the work of redemption. Salvation is redemption made effectual to the individual by the power of the Holy Spirit.

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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