succour
/ˈsʌkɚ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.30 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Aid or assistance in the form of military equipment and soldiers, especially reinforcements sent to support military action.
Uncountable
noun
Protection, refuge, shelter; (countable) a place providing such protection, refuge or shelter.
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Now ſtands the Brere like a Lord alone, / Puffed up with pryde and vaine pleaſaunce: / But all this glee had no continuaunce. / For eftſoones Winter gan to approche, / The bluſtring Boreas did encroche, / And beate upon the ſolitarie Brere: / For nowe no ſuccour was ſeene him neere."
- "His hand, that oft the enemy did lame, / He reach't to thoſe whoſe ſuccors were diſmayde; [...]"
- "[I]f it be lawfull for the ſubject, for religiõ [i.e., religion] to beare armes againſt his ſouereigne: then it is much more lawfull for an abſolute Prince, for Religiõ alſo to yeeld ſuccours to her diſtreſſed neighbors, againſt a Stranger."
- "Bring vs where we may reſt our ſelues, and feed: / Here's a yong maid with trauaile much oppreſſed, / And faints for ſuccour."
- "Wee'll take up cudgels, and have one bowt with 'em, / They ſhall know nothing of this union: / And till they find themſelves moſt deſperate, / Succour ſhall never ſee 'em."
- "To Thee therefore, O bleſſed Jeſus, my tender Redeemer, my merciful Lord, I flee for Succour; [...]"
Etymology
The noun is derived from Middle English socour, interpreted as the singular form of socours (“help; encouragement; remedy; protection; helper, protector”), which is from Anglo-Norman socurs, sucurs and Old French secors, secours (modern French secours), from Medieval Latin succursus (participle), from Latin succurrēre (“to run to the help of”), from Latin sub- (“from below”) + Latin currere (“run”). The verb is derived from Middle English socouren (“to help”), from Anglo-Norman socure (compare modern French secourir), also from Latin succurrēre.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈsʌkɚ/
- British English: /ˈsʌkə/
Usage
Inflected Forms
succours (plural)
succor (alternative, US)
succours (present, singular)
succouring (participle, present)
succoured (participle, past)
succoured (past)
no-table-tags (table tags)
glossary (inflection template)
succoured (first person, past)
succourest (archaic, present)
succoured (past, second person)
succouredst (archaic, past)