Noun Definition

survivor

1.Definition: an animal that survives in spite of adversity

"Only the fittest animals were survivors of the cold winters"

Category: Animals

2.Definition: one who lives through affliction

"The survivors of the fire were taken to a hospital"

Related Noun(s):subsister

Category: People

3.Definition: one who outlives another

"He left his farm to his survivors"

Category: People