survivor

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survivors

1) N-COUNT: oft N of n A survivor of a disaster, accident, or illness is someone who continues to live afterwards in spite of coming close to death.

Officials said there were no survivors of the plane crash.

2) N-COUNT: oft N of n A survivor of a very unpleasant experience is a person who has had such an experience, and who is still affected by it.

This book is written with survivors of child sexual abuse in mind.

3) N-COUNT: usu pl, usu poss N, N of A person's survivors are the members of their family who continue to live after they have died. [AM]

The compensation bill offers the miners or their survivors as much as $100,000 apiece.

4) N-COUNT (approval) If you describe someone as a survivor, you approve of the fact that they are able to carry on with their life even though they experience many difficulties.

Above all Susie is a great survivor, with a bright, indomitable spirit.

5) N-COUNT: oft N from n If you describe a person or thing as a survivor from an earlier period, you mean that they are still present or available, but other people or things from that period have died or disappeared.

Rafferty was the sole survivor from the successful Ireland team of 1988.

...a black 1950 Cyclops, which is the only known survivor of 30 test cars built by Rover.