salvor

See also: Salvør

English

Noun

salvor (plural salvors)

  1. One who salvages; especially, one who voluntarily assists in saving a distressed ship or its goods at sea.
    Synonym: salvager
    Coordinate term: salvee
    • 2024-11-04, Sam Knight, “The shipwreck detective”, in The New Yorker‎[1]:
      A salvor is a risktaker. […] The shores of Europe were littered with wrecks from the First World War. Sorima [la Società Ricuperi Marittimi] collected "no cure, no pay" (the equivalent of "no win, no fee") contracts from governments and insurers, seeking to recoup their losses.

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Latin

Verb

salvor

  1. first-person singular present passive indicative of salvō
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