SUCCOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does succor mean? 

• SUCCOR (noun)
  The noun SUCCOR has 1 sense:

1. assistance in time of difficulty

  Familiarity information: SUCCOR used as a noun is very rare.

• SUCCOR (verb)
  The verb SUCCOR has 1 sense:

1. help in a difficult situation

  Familiarity information: SUCCOR used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SUCCOR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Assistance in time of difficulty

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

ministration; relief; succor; succour

Context example:

the contributions provided some relief for the victims

Hypernyms ("succor" is a kind of...):

aid; assist; assistance; help (the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "succor"):

comfort; consolation; solace (the act of consoling; giving relief in affliction)

mercy (alleviation of distress; showing great kindness toward the distressed)

Derivation:

succor (help in a difficult situation)

• SUCCOR (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Help in a difficult situation

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

succor; succour

Hypernyms (to "succor" is one way to...):

aid; assist; help (give help or assistance; be of service)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

Derivation:

succor (assistance in time of difficulty)

succorer (someone who gives help in times of need or distress or difficulty)

 Context examples 

You can tell us, Godfrey, said Du Guesclin to the French squire: how came these men into the castle, and what succors can we count upon?

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I have been there, but I came to France to raise succor for him.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“If we can but keep them in play,” said the Bohemian, “it is likely that these flames may bring us succor if there be any true men in the country.”

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

For two months Alleyne had wavered betwixt death and life, with a broken rib and a shattered head; yet youth and strength and a cleanly life were all upon his side, and he awoke from his long delirium to find that the war was over, that the Spaniards and their allies had been crushed at Navaretta, and that the prince had himself heard the tale of his ride for succor and had come in person to his bedside to touch his shoulder with his sword and to insure that so brave and true a man should die, if he could not live, within the order of chivalry.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)