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savior

noun
/ˈseɪvjɚ/US/ˈseɪvjə/UK

Etymology

First attested in 1300 as Middle English saveour, from Old French sauveour, from Late Latin salvātor, from salvō. Doublet of salvator. Displaced native Old English hǣlend.

  1. derived from salvātor
  2. derived from sauveour
  3. inherited from saveour

Definitions

  1. A person who saves someone, rescues another from harm.

  2. A child who is conceived in order to provide an organ or cell transplant to a sibling who…

    A child who is conceived in order to provide an organ or cell transplant to a sibling who has an otherwise fatal disease (used in combination, with "sibling", "baby", "child", "brother", "sister", etc.)

  3. Jesus Christ

  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. A male given name from English.

    2. A female given name from English.

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Derived

savior complex, savioress, saviorhood, saviorism, saviorship, saviouress, saviourhood, saviourship, saviour sibling, white savior

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at savior. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01savior02brother03church04christendom05christian06christianity07christ

A definitional loop anchored at savior. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at savior

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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