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   Sav·ior

   /ˈsāvyər/

   

   noun

   • 1. a person who saves someone or something (especially a country or cause) from danger, and who is regarded with the veneration of a religious figure: "politicians of the era usually portray themselves as the nation's saviors"
   • ▪ (in Christianity) God or Jesus Christ as the redeemer of sin and saver of souls.

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French sauveour, from ecclesiastical Latin salvator (translating Greek sōtēr), from late Latin salvare ‘to save’.

   Scrabble Points: 9

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