SUCCOUR


Meaning of SUCCOUR in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ sʌkə(r) ]

( succours, succouring, succoured)

Note: in AM, use 'succor'

1.

Succour is help given to people who are suffering or in difficulties. ( FORMAL )

...a commitment to give succour to populations involved in the conflict.

= assistance

N-UNCOUNT

2.

If you succour someone who is suffering or in difficulties, you help them. ( FORMAL )

Helicopters fly in appalling weather to succour shipwrecked mariners.

= assist, aid

VERB : V n

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