Noun: survivor su(r)'vI-vu(r)
- One who lives through affliction
"the survivors of the fire were taken to a hospital";
- subsister
- One who outlives another
"he left his farm to his survivors"
- An animal that survives in spite of adversity
"only the fittest animals were survivors of the cold winters"
Derived forms: survivors
Type of: actor, animal, animate being, doer, unfortunate, unfortunate person, worker
Encyclopedia: Survivor