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Narrator: Today's word is "Saviour" — noun, pronounced /ˈseɪvjə(r)/, with the stress on "sa".
Narrator: A saviour is a person who saves someone or something from danger or failure.
Narrator: In plain English, it is a rescuer.
Narrator: It comes from Latin salvator, one who saves.
Narrator: A common collocation is "the club's saviour", which describes someone who rescues a team.
Narrator: It differs from "hero", because a hero is brave, while a saviour specifically rescues.
Narrator: In a second sense, "the Saviour" is a Christian title for Jesus.
Narrator: Sport, business, religion and journalism all rely on the word.
Narrator: So remember: a saviour rescues.
Speaker A: Who fixed the laptop before my presentation?
Speaker B: My SAVIOUR from IT! It comes from Latin salvator.
Speaker A: With minutes to spare?
Speaker B: Two minutes.
Speaker A: Example sentences?
Speaker B: "The investor was the club's saviour", sport. "Coffee is my morning saviour", humour. "Christians call Jesus the Saviour", religion.
Speaker A: Common mistakes?
Speaker B: British spelling is "saviour", American is "savior".
Speaker A: Close relatives?
Speaker B: Rescuer is its cousin, hero its twin, and champion an alternative — yet saviour keeps its heroic charm!
Speaker B: Let's use "saviour" in AI prompts — useful for sports writing and spelling tools.
Speaker A: How for sport?
Speaker B: Headlines.
Prompt: Write a headline about a goalkeeper who became the team’s saviour in the final.
Speaker A: And spelling?
Speaker B: Localise.
Prompt: Convert savior to saviour and similar words for British English.
Speaker A: Could it help thanks?
Speaker B: Yes, for messages.
Prompt: Write a funny thank-you note calling a colleague my deadline saviour.
Speaker A: One more?
Speaker B: Business.
Prompt: Write a news summary of a local firm saved by a saviour investor.
Saviour — meaning in Arabic & definition More S courses GL Dictionary