survivor English · revision 10570

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=1503|origins=en survive}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: UK /səˈvaɪ.və/, US /sɚˈvaɪ.vɚ/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is an agent noun from [[survive]], with the Latin-form ending [[-or]].^(Etymonline)^(SOED 2002)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ In law, one of two or more persons, especially joint tenants, who outlives the other and takes the whole estate: 1503–4 in the OED, about 1500 in Etymonline.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)^(SOED 2002)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The general sense, a person, animal or plant that outlives others or remains alive after an event, is from 1624.^(OED 1989) ''Survivor syndrome'', the delayed distress of those who survive a disaster, is from 1968,^(OED 1989) and a person with a knack for coming through hardship unscathed from 1971.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1503–4 – a surviving joint tenant (law).^(OED 1989)

+ * 1624 – one who outlives others.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1968 – survivor syndrome.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1971 – one who copes with adversity.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A person or thing that [[survive|alt=survives]], especially someone who stays alive after an accident, war or illness.^(Collins 2023)^(LDOCE 2009)

+ # A person who copes well with hardship.^(OED 1989)^(MWU 2024)

+ # ''(law)'' One of two or more joint owners who outlives the other and so inherits the whole property.^(Collins 2023)^(COED 2004)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[nonsurvivor]]

+ * [[survivorship]]

+ * [[survivor guilt]]

+ * [[survivor syndrome]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[survive]]

+ * [[survival]]

+ * [[vivid]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}