▪ I. salvor
(ˈsælvə(r), ˈsælvɔː(r))
Forms: 7–8 salver, 9– salvor.
[f. salve v. + -or.]
1. One who saves or helps to save vessels or cargo from loss at sea; one who effects or attempts salvage.
| 1678 Lond. Gaz. No. 1277/4 A..Ketch,..being forsaken by all her men, was..taken up by John Duncke..and by him brought into that Port, and there secured by the Saluer until the right Proprietor shall appear and make out his Propriety. 1706 Phillips (ed. Kersey), Salver, one that has sav'd a Ship or its Merchandizes. 1802 Abbott Law Merch. Ships iii. x. 322 The labor and peril incurred by the salvors. 1839 Story Bailments §622. 391 Wherever a ship and cargo, or any part thereof, are saved at sea by the exertions of any persons from impending perils, or are recovered after an actual abandonment or loss, such persons are denominated salvors; and they are entitled to a compensation for their services, which is known by the name of salvage. 1883 Times 28 Nov. 9 The salvors, at great personal risk, put off in a small skiff. 1885 J. Runciman Skippers & Sh. 61 The captain is beset by a gang of salvors. |
b. One who saves or attempts to save some one from drowning.
| 1890 Daily News 16 Oct. 7/1 Among the..cases of saving, or attempting to save life from drowning..there are 13 in which the salvors' ages ranged from eight years to 16. 1891 Ibid. 24 Oct. 2/6 Watching the peril in which the salvor and his burden were placed. |
2. A vessel used in salvage.
| 1815 Dodson Adm. Rep. I. 415 The question was, whether the post-office packet the Eliza was to be considered the sole salvor, or jointly with H.M. brig the Challenger. 1880 Libr. Univ. Knowl. (N.Y.) XIII. 83 Those who navigate the saved ship into port..[have] double the share of those who remain on the salvor vessel. |
▪ II. salvor
obs. f. salver2.