survivor

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A person who stays alive through a dangerous event such as an accident or disaster.

   The survivors of the fire were taken to a hospital.

2. 2
   noun

   A person who comes through a very hard experience and keeps going.

   From this moment on, I choose to live not as a victim, but as a survivor.

3. 3
   noun

   A person who continues to live after another has died.

   In his will, he left the farm to his survivors.

From survive + -or.

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