overcomer
Americannoun
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a person who prevails in spite of opposition, difficulties, weakness, etc..
The situation is very frustrating, but I've decided to become an overcomer; I am pressing on.
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a person who defeats someone or something in a conflict or struggle.
The saints are the overcomers of the Evil One.
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But now, it’s time for the overcomer to do so one more time.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 19, 2023
“My résumé shows that I’m an overcomer and I have no doubts,” Wilson said.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 3, 2021
“I didn’t realize I was becoming an overcomer, forcing myself to work through the sickness, to get stronger,” Mims said.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 14, 2018
He is the lord overcomer of obstacles, the god of good luck, the god of wisdom, the patron of learning.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
If thou art not a spiritual overcomer, then let my book alone.
From Spiritual Reformers in the 16th & 17th Centuries by Jones, Rufus Matthew
“The Lord calls us to be overcomers, giving us the courage that David had when he faced Goliath,” Jin wrote in one letter after his arrest.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026
“The Lord calls us to be overcomers, giving us the courage that David had when he faced Goliath,” Jin wrote in a letter shortly after his arrest.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 19, 2026
O, dear were the deeds of battle, and the fall of Odin's lords, When I met the overcomers, and beheld them overcome, When we rent the spoil from the spoilers, and led the chasers home!
From The Story of Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the Niblungs by Morris, William
For instance, it had never before happened to John Winton to have a woman, young, charming, and altogether lovable, read him a lesson out of the book of the overcomers.
From A Fool for Love by Lynde, Francis
May they become convalescents and overcomers, and create higher bodies for themselves!
From Thus Spake Zarathustra A book for all and none by Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm
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