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sur⋅vi⋅vor

  [ser-vahy-ver]
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–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.
Origin:
1495–1505; survive + -or 2
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sur·vive   (sər-vīv')   
v.   sur·vived, sur·viv·ing, sur·vives

v.   intr.

  1. To remain alive or in existence.

  2. To carry on despite hardships or trauma; persevere: families that were surviving in tents after the flood.

  3. To remain functional or usable: I dropped the radio, but it survived.

v.   tr.

  1. To live longer than; outlive: She survived her husband by five years.

  2. To live, persist, or remain usable through: plants that can survive frosts; a clock that survived a fall.

  3. To cope with (a trauma or setback); persevere after: survived child abuse.


[Middle English surviven, from Old French sourvivre, from Latin supervīvere : super-, super- + vīvere, to live; see gwei- in Indo-European roots.]
sur·vi'vor n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: sur·vi·vor
Function: noun
: one (as a joint tenant or a child) who is recognized as outliving another and is commonly entitled to insurance benefits (as under social security) or property upon the death of the decedent —see also joint-and-survivor annuity at ANNUITY
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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