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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   One who subsists.

   "a race of disobedient children, a progeny of beggars, a nation of bare subsisters on the soil"

2. 2
   one who lives through affliction wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

survivorsurvivor

Example

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"a race of disobedient children, a progeny of beggars, a nation of bare subsisters on the soil"

Etymology

From subsist + -er.

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