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SUCCOURER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does succourer mean?
• SUCCOURER (noun)
The noun SUCCOURER has 1 sense:
1. someone who gives help in times of need or distress or difficulty
Familiarity information: SUCCOURER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone who gives help in times of need or distress or difficulty
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
succorer; succourer
Hypernyms ("succourer" is a kind of...):
recoverer; rescuer; saver (someone who saves something from danger or violence)
Derivation:
succour (help in a difficult situation)
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