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There is Phœbe, a deaconess of the Church of Cenchrea, commended as having been the succourer of many, among others of the Apostle himself.

From Sermons by Lightfoot, J. B.

If any little one wanted a succourer in distress, Skreekinbroot was the lad to whom he, or she, turned.

From The Giant of the North Pokings Round the Pole by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)

"But what's the matter?" asked Hilda, the strong succourer.

From Hilda Lessways by Bennett, Arnold

Let God, Thy Lord, be Thy sufficing succourer and helper.

From The Summons of the Lord of Hosts by Bahá'u'lláh

Besides owning Liddesdale, he had lands in Dumfriesshire, and in the Lothians, and he might have been like the "Bold Buccleuch," a succourer of widows, and a defender of the oppressed and the destitute.

From Tales From Scottish Ballads by Stewart, Allan