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savior

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sav·ior  (svyr)
n.
1. A person who rescues another from harm, danger, or loss.
2. Savior Christianity Jesus.
[Middle English saviour, from Old French sauveour, from Late Latin salvtor, from salvre, to save; see save1.]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.saviorSavior - a teacher and prophet born in Bethlehem and active in Nazareth; his life and sermons form the basis for Christianity (circa 4 BC - AD 29)
Christ, Deliverer, Good Shepherd, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Jesus of Nazareth, Redeemer, Saviour, the Nazarene
2.saviorsavior - a person who rescues you from harm or danger
rescuer, saviour, deliverer
messiah, christ - any expected deliverer
benefactor, helper - a person who helps people or institutions (especially with financial help)


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If it had depended on Napoleon's will to fight or not to fight the battle of Borodino, and if this or that other arrangement depended on his will, then evidently a cold affecting the manifestation of his will might have saved Russia, and consequently the valet who omitted to bring Napoleon his waterproof boots on the twenty-fourth would have been the savior of Russia.
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Did you come here to threaten the savior of France?
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Both these extremes are to be avoided; which will be done, if the league of Christians, penned by our Savior himself, were in two cross clauses thereof, soundly and plainly expounded: He that is not with us, is against us; and again, He that is not against us, is with us; that is, if the points fundamental and of substance in religion, were truly discerned and distinguished, from points not merely of faith, but of opinion, order, or good intention.
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