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#* ''Reinforcements were sent to succor the city.'' | #* ''Reinforcements were sent to succor the city.'' | ||
# (obsolete) To [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/protect protect] or [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/shelter shelter]. | # (obsolete) To [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/protect protect] or [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/shelter shelter]. | ||
===Walkthrough Video=== | |||
{{#ev:youtube|ddbM6IzMWmo|400|center|Video walkthrough for ''succor''}} | |||
====Alternative forms==== | ====Alternative forms==== | ||
Latest revision as of 06:04, 14 April 2026
English
[edit | edit source]Etymology
[edit | edit source]From Middle English socour (“help, aid”), from Old French secours (modern French secours), from Latin succursus, from succurrere (“to run to help”), from sub- + currere.
Transliteratoin Pronunciation
[edit | edit source]- Hangul (US): 서커
- Katakana (US): サカー
Noun
[edit | edit source]US spelling
- aid, assistance, or relief given to one in distress; help or support.
- Yugen cried out for succor in his time of need, and a magical nurse floated down to assist.
Succor - A winged figure descends from the night sky to rescue a vulnerable person from a bathtub in a desolate landscape. Commissioned by MoribundMurdoch; artwork by @pixel_paul.
- Yugen cried out for succor in his time of need, and a magical nurse floated down to assist.
- Aid or assistance in a military sense, especially reinforcements (troops, supplies).
- The army called for succor before the siege worsened.
- (obsolete, rare) protection or shelter.
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Derived terms
[edit | edit source]Verb
[edit | edit source]US spelling
- To give aid or help; to assist.
- They rushed to succor the injured man.
- (military) To provide aid, especially to a place under siege.
- Reinforcements were sent to succor the city.
- (obsolete) To protect or shelter.
Walkthrough Video
[edit | edit source]Alternative forms
[edit | edit source]- succour (UK)