salvor
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of salvor
Example Sentences
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A salvor who declines to donate their winnings to the poor no longer risks “the curse and malediction of our mother the holy church,” as the law was written in the 1100s.
From Washington Post ● May 19, 2020
Her life as a salvor seemed to require that she be in possession of a crazy array of skills: seamanship, engineering, calculus, rope climbing, parkour, mild piracy, among others.
From The Guardian ● May 2, 2017
If you are ever tempted to invest in sunken treasure, says Robert Marx, a treasure salvor in Florida, there's just one thing to do.
From Reuters ● Aug. 19, 2011
Ask if it is "towing" or, if "salvage," ask why and whether the salvor can quote a fee beforehand.
From Time Magazine Archive
The salvor was forty minutes in the water, supporting the man.
From The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 28, April 1893 An Illustrated Monthly by George Newnes
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