Word Meanings - SURVIVER - Book Publishers vocabulary database

One who survives; a survivor.

SURVIVOR
The longer liver of two joint tenants, or two persons having a joint interest in anything. Blackstone. (more info) 1. One who survives or outlives another person, or any time, event, or thing. The survivor bound In filial obligation for some term
SURVIVORSHIP
The right of a joint tenant, or other person who has a joint interest in an estate, to take the whole estate upon the death of other. Blackstone. Chance of survivorship, the chance that a person of a given age has of surviving another of a giving