Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who or that which survives after the death of another.
- noun In law, that one of two or more designated persons who lives the longest: usually of two joint tenants, or any two persons who have a joint interest.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who survives or outlives another person, or any time, event, or thing.
- noun (Law) The longer liver of two joint tenants, or two persons having a joint interest in anything.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who
survives ; one who endures through disaster or hardship. - noun One who knew a specific
decedent
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun one who outlives another
- noun one who lives through affliction
- noun an animal that survives in spite of adversity
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Examples
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Seidenfeld added that he resents the term survivor, since he doesn't think he ever truly "survived" the experience.
www.startribune.com 2012
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"In using the term survivor," the study goes on, "they minimized focus on the event and maximized emphasis on their recovery and strength."
Anarchist news dot org - News for anarchists and their friends 2010
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The other survivor is a bombastic general from the other clan, in thrall to military glory, in love with death.
Little Big Soldier Philip French 2010
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"I had, in a sense, what they call survivor's guilt because I wasn't there and I had no control over the situation," he said.
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"Everybody else will be relieved, but there's also what they call survivor's guilt, so if you do have to downsize, you have to do it knowledgeably."
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Wellwishers and dignitaries of all colours made speeches to honour what they called a survivor, a symbol of triumph over despair.
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Healing faster than he should, O†™ Roark helps his partner and their new teammate survey the scene of the latest of Herrod†™ s victim, who was the only survivor from the bus attack.
Advanced Review: Tracker #1 | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News 2009
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A survivor from the typhoon that devastated Taiwan told how she and her grandson were surrounded by rising water in their mountain village.
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She is epic in ways that Oscar can only dream of being; she's the last survivor from a destroyed family who lives in the wastes of
Junot Diaz discusses his first two books, Drown and the The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao 2010
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Founded in 1998, the dot-com survivor is way past the 4-to-7-year-old window in which most VCs seek to gain liquidity, and has even outlasted the 10-year lifespan of most VC funds.
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