'Survivor' definitions:
Definition of 'survivor'
(from WordNet)
noun
One who lives through affliction; "the survivors of the fire were taken to a hospital" [syn: survivor, subsister]
noun
One who outlives another; "he left his farm to his survivors"
noun
An animal that survives in spite of adversity; "only the fittest animals were survivors of the cold winters"
Definition of 'Survivor'
From: GCIDE
- Survivor \Sur*viv"or\, n.
- 1. One who survives or outlives another person, or any time, event, or thing. [1913 Webster]
- The survivor bound In filial obligation for some term To do obsequious sorrow. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Law) The longer liver of two joint tenants, or two persons having a joint interest in anything. --Blackstone. [1913 Webster]