Saviour
noun
Christianity Jesus Christ regarded as the saviour of men from sin
Saviour
1 British
/ ˈseɪvjə /
noun
saviour
2
British
/ ˈseɪvjə /
noun
Etymology
Origin of saviour
C13 saveour, from Old French, from Church Latin Salvātor the Saviour; see save 1
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Saviour Iwezue traces her environmental awakening to when she was nine years old.
From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2025
The company that carried out the work on Mrs Khatun’s house, Saviour Energy Solutions, is Trustmark-registered.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2024
Turkey formally converted The Church of St. Saviour in Chora, known as Kariye in Turkish, into a mosque in 2020, soon after it similarly turned Istanbul’s landmark Haghia Sophia into a Muslim house of prayer.
From Seattle Times ● May 6, 2024
Saviour Kasukuwere has promised to return to Zimbabwe to campaign but authorities say he faces arrest for alleged past crimes.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 8, 2023
I turned my prayer to thanksgiving: the Source of Life was also the Saviour of spirits.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
Cox was done in the flight to be leg before, Overton was caught at long-on and Will Jacks, so often England's saviour in white-ball cricket, found the hands of mid-wicket.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026
Manchester City "has not only just been a football club for the area. It's a bit of a saviour, to be honest," he told AFP.
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026
She told the US House Oversight Committee earlier this year how Epstein presented himself as the assistants' saviour.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026
When they were behind against Norway in the quarter-final, Bellingham was the saviour with two goals.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
‘Trying to steal my glory, eh? No, no, son of Pluto. I am the saviour of Rome. I was promised!’
From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan
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