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# [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/aid aid], [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/assistance assistance], or [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/relief relief] given to one in [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/distress distress]; help or support. | # [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/aid aid], [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/assistance assistance], or [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/relief relief] given to one in [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/distress distress]; help or support. | ||
#* '' | #* ''Yugen cried out for succor in his time of need, and a magical nurse floated down to assist.''[[File:Succor - Angel Rescuing Figure from Bathtub (Earthbath) Under Night Sky.png|alt=Grayscale pixel-art scene of a person lying in a bathtub outdoors at night while a winged figure reaches down from the sky to pull them up, symbolizing rescue or aid.|thumb|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.]] | ||
# Aid or assistance in a [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/military military] sense, especially [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/reinforcement reinforcements] (troops, supplies). | # Aid or assistance in a [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/military military] sense, especially [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/reinforcement reinforcements] (troops, supplies). | ||
#* ''The army called for succor before the siege worsened.'' | #* ''The army called for succor before the siege worsened.'' | ||
Revision as of 06:00, 14 April 2026
English
Etymology
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
- Hangul (US): 서커
- Katakana (US): サカー
Noun
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
Verb
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.
Alternative forms
- succour (UK)