Word Meaning

succor definition and meaning

v. t. To run to, or run to support; hence, to help or relieve when in difficulty, want, or distress; to assist and deliver from suffering; to relieve; as, to succor a besieged city.
v. t. Aid; help; assistance; esp., assistance that relieves and delivers from difficulty, want, or distress.
v. t. The person or thing that brings relief.