savior meaning: definition, etymology

savior

noun

US /ˈseɪvjɚ/ · UK /ˈseɪvjə/

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.

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

Medicine, Sciences US 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.)

Derived terms: savior complex, savioress, saviorhood, saviorism, saviorship, saviouress, saviourhood, saviourship, saviour sibling, white savior
Related terms: Savior, Saviour, salvor, salvager, salvator, El Salvador, Salvador, Salvatore