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survivor
has definitions from the field of zoology
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[ noun ] one who lives through affliction
Synonyms Examples "the survivors of the fire were taken to a hospital" Used in print (Harold Rosenberg, "The Trial and Eichmann"...)It is not that the facts of the persecution were unavailable ; most_of the information elicited in Jerusalem had been brought to the surface by the numerous War_Crimes tribunals and investigating commissions , and by reports , memoirs , and survivors ' accounts . (James Boylan, "Mutinity"...)For hundreds of years , the evidence available consisted_of ( 1 ) the captain 's fragmentary journal , ( 2 ) a highly prejudiced account by one of the survivors , ( 3 ) a note found in a dead man 's desk on_board , and ( 4 ) several second-hand reports . (John Harnsberger and Robert P. Wilkins,...)By fall , 443 survivors of this arduous journey were clustered about Fort_Snelling , but most_of them were sent_on to Galena and St._Louis , with a few going as far as Vevay , Indiana , a notable Swiss center in the United_States . Related terms |
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[ noun ] one who outlives another
Examples "he left his farm to his survivors" Used in print (Jack Kaplan, "The Health Machine Menace: Therapy by...)He did this by the charming practice of buying_up used electric blankets for $ 5 to $ 10 from survivors of patients who had died , reconditioning them , and selling them at $ 185 each . |
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[ noun ] (zoology) an animal that survives in spite of adversity
Examples "only the fittest animals were survivors of the cold winters" Used in print (B. J. D. Meeuse, The Story of Pollination....)The survivors emerge on some nice , sunny day in March or April , when the temperature is close to 50 ` F and there is not too_much wind . Related terms |
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