succor

[ suhk-er ]

/ ˈsʌk ər /

noun

help; relief; aid; assistance.

a person or thing that gives help, relief, aid, etc.

verb (used with object)

to help or relieve.

Words nearby succor

succinic acid, succinylcholine, succinylcholine chloride, succinylcoenzyme a, succise, succor, succorance, succorrhea, succory, succotash, succoth

Also especially British, suc·cour.

Origin of succor

1250–1300; (v.) Middle English sucuren < Old French suc(c)urre, socorre < Latin succurrere to go beneath, run to help, equivalent to suc- suc- + currere to run (see current); (noun) Middle English soc(o)ur, back formation from sucurs (taken as plural) < Old French < Medieval Latin succursus, equivalent to Latin succur(rere) + -sus, var of -tus suffix of v. action

SYNONYMS FOR succor

1, 3 support.

3 See help.

OTHER WORDS FROM succor

suc·cor·a·ble, adjectivesuc·cor·er, nounnon·suc·cor, nounun·suc·cor·a·ble, adjective

un·suc·cored, adjective

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH succor

succor sucker

usage note for succor

See -or¹.

Examples from the Web for succoured

The next sort was called Shankee, who had also great plenty of cattle wherewith they succoured the rebels.
The Land-War In Ireland (1870)|James Godkin
I was succoured by a woman, one of those noble creatures who are made to give themselves.
Rest Harrow|Maurice Hewlett
It was understood that he would stay with the people who had succoured and healed him.
Buff: A Collie and other dog-stories|Albert Payson Terhune
He hath kept his word and succoured His Servant and dispersed His enemies!'
The Life of Mohammad|Etienne Dinet

She read slowly and monotonously about the unfortunate man who was succoured by the good Samaritan.
From a Swedish Homestead|Selma Lagerlf