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