| Pronunciation: | | sur'vIvur
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| Matching Terms: | | survivors insurance, survivorship, survivorship annuity
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- [n] an animal that survives in spite of adversity; "only the fittest animals were survivors of the cold winters"
- [n] one who outlives another; "he left his farm to his survivors"
- [n] one who lives through affliction; "the survivors of the fire were taken to a hospital"
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| | Synonyms: | | subsister |
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| | See Also: | | animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna, human, individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul, unfortunate, unfortunate person |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Sur*viv"or\, n.
1. One who survives or outlives another person, or any time,
event, or thing.
The survivor bound In filial obligation for some
term To do obsequious sorrow. --Shak.
2. (Law) The longer liver of two joint tenants, or two
persons having a joint interest in anything. --Blackstone.
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