What does "succor" mean?

Succor: Aid; help; assistance; esp., assistance that relieves and delivers from difficulty, want, or distress. "We beseech mercy and succor." Chaucer. My noble father . . . Flying for succor to his servant Bannister. Shak.

Additional senses

  1. 2.The person or thing that brings relief. This mighty succor, which made glad the foe. Dryden.

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