saviors

noun

variants or saviours
Definition of saviorsnext
plural of savior
as in protectors
one that saves from danger or destruction the policeman proved to be our savior, arriving on the scene just as we were about to be mugged

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  1. protectors
  2. keepers
  3. guardians
  4. rescuers
Noun
  • Knox and Shirley visit the forge, where some of his friends reveal a small arsenal of homemade pikes, spears, clubs, and armored chest protectors.
    Jeff Spry, Space.com, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Fierce protectors and fierce love for their human family and goat family.
    Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of protectors
Noun
  • The fire keepers beckoned us to walk through the ironwood smoke, in a ceremony known as jimirri meant to cleanse our spirits.
    Janice Wald Henderson, Travel + Leisure, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Today, Haynes tries to replicate 70% of her most popular core patterns such as sunrise travel mugs, petal power vases and flower power butter keepers.
    Lisa Boone, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2024
Definition of keepers
Noun
  • Elizabethtown Independent Schools Superintendent Paul Mullins issued a statement on Wednesday encouraging parents and guardians to talk with their children about the dangers of drug use.
    Killian Baarlaer, The Courier-Journal, 18 Dec. 2024
  • Parents and guardians have been reuniting with students at a nearby clinic.
    Greta Cross, USA TODAY, 16 Dec. 2024
Definition of guardians
Noun
  • In a letter last week to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Debra asked that Israel pause military strikes in that area so that rescuers could search for Austin.
    Tony Hunter, Sun Sentinel, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Hundreds of rescuers, firefighters and police have been sent to the territory from France and the nearby French territory of Reunion, the Associated Press reported.
    Lex Harvey, CNN, 16 Dec. 2024
Definition of rescuers
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