survivor

English

Alternative forms

• survivour (obsolete)

Noun

survivor (plural survivors)

1. One who survives; one who endures through disaster or hardship.
2. One who knew a specific decedent

   She was from a large family and had many friends, so the funeral was crowded with mourning survivors.

Translations

one who survives

Catalan: supervivent (ca) m. and f. Finnish: selviytyjä (fi) French: survivant (fr) m., survivante (fr) f., rescapé (fr) m., rescapée (fr) f. German: Überlebender (de) m., Überlebenderin (de) f. Hungarian: túlélő (hu) Italian: superstite (it) m. and f. Latin: superstes (la) m. and f.

Norwegian: overlever (no) m. Russian: выживший (ru) (vу́živšij), оставшийся в живых (ru) (ostávšijsja v živу́x), уцелевший (ru) (ucelévšij) Scottish Gaelic: neach-tàrrsainn m. and f. Spanish: sobreviviente (es) m. and f. (Latin America), superviviente (es) m. and f. (Spain) Swahili: nusura (sw)

Derived terms

• sole survivor