Savior

UK: 'savior', 'Savior': /ˈseɪvjə/ US: /ˈseɪvjɚ/ ,(sāv′yər)

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

sav•ior or sav•iour /ˈseɪvyɚ/   n. 

1. one who rescues:
   [countable] the savior of the country.
2. Religion a title of God, esp. of Jesus:
   [proper noun* often: Savior;

   the (or a possessive word) + ~]

   our Savior.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

sav•ior  (sāv′yər), n. 

1. a person who saves, rescues, or delivers:
   the savior of the country.
2. Religion (cap.) a title of God, esp. of Christ.
3. Mythology (cap.) [Class. Myth.] an epithet of Artemis.

Also, sav′iour. 

• Late Latin salvātor, equivalent. to Latin salvā(re) to save¹ + -tor -tor
• Old French sauvëour
• Middle English saveour, sauveur 1250–1300

sav′ior•hood′, sav′ior•ship′, n. 
Usage

See -or ¹.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

saviour, savior / ˈseɪvjə/ noun

1. a person who rescues another person or a thing from danger or harm

Etymology: 13th Century saveour, from Old French, from Church Latin Salvātor the Saviour; see save¹