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▪ I. saver|ˈseɪvə(r)|
Also 4 sauver, 4–5 savere, 6 ? sawar.
[f. save v. + -er1. Cf. saviour.]
1. a. One who saves, preserves, or rescues from death, evil, or destruction; a saviour or preserver.
In early use said of Christ = saviour; now only used when saviour would seem inappropriate.
a1300Cursor M. 10541 Of hir sal cum þat man sauuer [other MSS. sauere]. c1410Hoccleve Mother of God 10 Modir of mercy..Saver of us by thy benevolence. 1538Bale Brefe Comedy Baptist in Harl. Misc. (1744) I. 99 Your kynge, your sauer and redemer. Ibid., For all men shall se their mercyfull sauer playne. 1608B. Jonson Masque at Ld. Haddington's, Sauer of his King. 1700C. Ness Antid. Armin. (1827) 58 Salvation is the work of the saved, not of the saver. 1833M. Scott Tom Cringle xix, A statue erected to Lord Rodney the saver of the Island as he is always called from having crushed the fleet of Count de Grasse. 1872Tennyson Gareth & Lynette 858 For strong thou art and goodly therewithal, And saver of my life. 1891Longman's Mag. Feb. 373 He hated his rescuer and saver.
†b. One who keeps or preserves a thing from destruction or waste. Obs.
1422tr. Secreta Secret., Priv. Priv. 213 And therfor the nedyth to haue a constabil that shal not bene a destruere of thy trees, but a Kepere and a Sauere. 1573Tusser Husb. (1878) 168 Where all thing is common, what needeth a hutch? where wanteth a sauer, there hauocke is mutch.
c. One who saves (property) from wreck or destruction; a salvor.
1629in Boys Sandwich (1792) 749 And do further ill entreat the savers and finders thereof [wrecks]. 1820W. Scoresby Acc. Arctic Reg. II. 329 The propriety of appropriating all wrecked stores to the use of the savers.
†2. ‘One who escapes loss, though without gain’ (J.). (Primarily a gaming term.) to make (oneself or another person) a saver: to insure against or compensate for a loss. Obs.
1591Florio 2nd Fruites 71 S. What can I doe withall? I can not mend it. A. If I thought one hand would make me a sauer, I would play. c1613Middleton No Wit like a Womans ii. iii. (1657) 58 You'd need have a clear way, because y'are a bad pricker. Mrs. Low. Yet if my Bowl take bank, I shall go nigh To make my self a saver. 1668Howe Bless. Righteous xx. 388 Heaven were a poor Heaven, if it would not make us savers. 1676Lee Sophon. iv. i. 45 Your Armies are the Cards which both must play; At least come off a saver if you may. 1687Dryden Hind & P. iii. 344 For laws of arms permit each injured man To make himself a saver where he can. 1691― Arthur ii. 18 He puts the gain of Britain in a Scale, Which weighing with the loss of Emmeline, He thinks he's scarce a Saver. a1700Sedley Poems Wks. 1722 I. 46 We'll Game and give off Savers too.
3. One who saves, economizes, or hoards up.
1548Forrest Pleas. Poesye 56 Some muste bee Sauers, Store is no sore. 1601F. Godwin Bps. of Eng. 460 A good sauer makes a well doer. 1727Swift St. Irel. Wks. 1755 V. ii. 167 Hence alone comes the dearness of land, since the savers have no other way to lay out their money. 1755Johnson, Saver... 3. A good husband. 1830Cunningham Brit. Paint. I. 319 A saver of bits of thread. 18..Cobden in Smiles Self-help (1859) 218 The accomplishment of all other great works..has been done by the savers, the thrifty. 1869Daily News 14 Dec., The small farmers are great savers.
4. A means of saving or economizing.
1664Evelyn Sylva xxii. (1679) 111 We find it [sc. the Fir] an extraordinary saver of Oak. 1901Munsey's Mag. XXV. 393/2 The railroad,..when it can be used, is a wonderful saver. 1903Westm. Gaz. 26 Oct. 15/1 The invention is a great labour-saver.
5. Racing slang. A hedging bet. Also transf.
1891N. Gould Doub. Event xvii. 123 Wells says Perfection will win,..but I've put a saver on Caloola. 1917A. B. Paterson Three Elephant Power 17 ‘I had a quid on,’ he says. ‘And..I had a saver on the second, too.’ 1950N. Cardus Second Innings 163, I.. suggest a saver each way on Gunga Din. 1958G. Casey Snowball xvii. 168 A lot of people who had bet on Benny—and made sure of a saver on the Negro—put on a few shillings more at the ringside. 1974Rather & Gates Palace Guard ii. v. 51 Nixon..decided to slap a deuce or two on a couple of long shots, as a ‘saver’—just in case.
Add:[4.] b. Marketing. A fare or tariff promoted as one that saves the consumer money; a concessionary ticket, esp. for rail travel. Freq. attrib.
1977Times 17 Mar. 2/4 British Rail is to halve the present {pstlg}30.00 second-class return fare between London and Glasgow for an experimental period on selected trains... The ticket..is being called the ‘Big City Saver’. 1986Rail Enthusiast May 39/1 A card that..could enable us both..to travel at half fare on Standard Returns and a third off Savers. 1988Holiday Which? Mar. 88/1 Offpeak weekend savers from {pstlg}99. 1988Financial Times 9 Apr. (Weekend FT) 1/4 He spends..{pstlg}37 on the British Rail saver ticket to York.
▪ II. saver(e, saveray
obs. ff. savour, savory. |