succorer
- noun
- /ˈsʌkərər/
:
auxiliador
- After the earthquake, many succorers rushed to the area to assist the victims with medical supplies.
Examples
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The succorer offered food and shelter to the homeless man during the winter storm.
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As a dedicated succorer, she spent her weekends volunteering at the local food bank.
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This meant that Galina Nikolayevna was not the friend of a prisoner far from home, the succorer of a human wreck, but a Moscow mistress right in the middle of a time that seemed to her, on looking back, like the family's golden age.
Fiction book (1993)
Synonyms
79
1.0
A person who does tasks for others, for example at events
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1.4
A person who saves people or animals from danger
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4.2
A person who helps others in need
28
3.0
A person or thing that helps you a lot when you are in trouble
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4.6
A person who rescues others from danger
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5.9
A person who rescues others from danger
3
7.0
A person who helps and supports their partner in life
3
4.7
A person who helps someone in need, for example with first aid
A person who helps another with a task or need
A person or thing that helps someone with a task
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Etymology
The word succorer comes from the old Latin word succurrere, made of sub- 'under' and currere 'to run', so it literally meant 'to run to help'. That's why a succorer is someone who comes quickly to give help in a difficult time.