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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (3)

1. one who lives through affliction;
- Example: "the survivors of the fire were taken to a hospital"
[syn: survivor, subsister]

2. one who outlives another;
- Example: "he left his farm to his survivors"

3. an animal that survives in spite of adversity;
- Example: "only the fittest animals were survivors of the cold winters"



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Survivor \Sur*viv"or\, n.
   1. One who survives or outlives another person, or any time,
      event, or thing.
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            The survivor bound
            In filial obligation for some term
            To do obsequious sorrow.              --Shak.
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   2. (Law) The longer liver of two joint tenants, or two
      persons having a joint interest in anything. --Blackstone.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

survivor
    n 1: one who lives through affliction; "the survivors of the
         fire were taken to a hospital" [syn: survivor,
         subsister]
    2: one who outlives another; "he left his farm to his survivors"
    3: an animal that survives in spite of adversity; "only the
       fittest animals were survivors of the cold winters"