noun
succour
Succour (noun) means Help or comfort given to a person who is suffering or in trouble.
noun
1
Help or comfort given to a person who is suffering or in trouble.
"We sing alone and together for joy, love, enlightenment or entertainment; out of grief, or hate, or for emotional and spiritual succour in a musical manifestation of the human spirit."
— Jessica O’Bryan, Prelude: Positioning Singing Pedagogy in the Twenty-first Century (2014)
"By giving succour to a Russia already conducting hostile acts against European countries beyond Ukraine, including Britain, Trump has made common cause with the greatest threat facing Europe today."
— , The Observer view on the Trump-Zelenskyy clash: a moment of dark reckoning (2025)
2
Aid or assistance in the form of military equipment and soldiers, especially reinforcements sent to support military action.
3
Shelter or protection from danger, or a place that provides it.
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Etymology
The noun comes from Middle English socour, taken as the singular of socours (‘help; encouragement; remedy; protection; helper, protector’), from Anglo-Norman socurs, sucurs and Old French secors, secours (modern French secours), from Medieval Latin succursus (a participle), from Latin succurrēre (‘to run to the help of’), itself from Latin sub- (‘from below’) and currere (‘run’). The verb comes from Middle English socouren (‘to help’), from Anglo-Norman socure (compare modern French secourir), also from Latin succurrēre.
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What is the meaning of succour?
"succour" (noun) means help or comfort given to a person who is suffering or in trouble.
What is another word for succour?
Other words for "succour" include relief, ministration, succor.
What are the different meanings of succour?
"succour" has 3 main meanings: 1. Help or comfort given to a person who is suffering or in trouble; 2. Aid or assistance in the form of military equipment and soldiers, especially reinforcements sent to support military action; 3. Shelter or protection from danger, or a place that provides it.
