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survivor

noun
USsur-VY-vur/sɚˈvaɪvɚ/UKsuh-VY-vuh/səˈvaɪvə/

Pluralsurvivors

3 meanings of survivor

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  1. 1
    nouncountable
    A person who lives through something very dangerous or very hard.

    Like the one tree left standing after a big storm.

    The plane crash had only one survivor.

    Survivors of the flood were taken to a nearby shelter.

    Oppositefatality

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  2. 2
    nounfigurativelycountable
    A person who keeps going through hard times and does not give up.

    Like a plant that grows back even after it is cut down.

    After losing her job and her home, she proved to be a real survivor.

    He's a survivor who never lets bad luck keep him down.

    Similartrooper

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  3. 3
    nouncountable
    A family member or close friend of someone who has died.

    The survivors gathered at the funeral to remember their grandfather.

    Each survivor received a copy of the will.

    Similarheir, relative

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Origin

From the word survive plus -or.