Meaning
A person who stays alive after an accident, a disaster, or a very hard time.
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Word origin
From survive, which comes from Latin supervivere, meaning to live beyond, through Old French.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- supervivere
- English cognates
- survive, revive
Examples
Rescuers .
A survivor is someone who is still alive after something terrible.
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We also call people survivors when they come through a serious illness.
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The verb is survive; a person who survives is a survivor.
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 27, lesson 7: survivor, pirate, log and 7 more words.