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SUBSISTER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does subsister mean?
• SUBSISTER (noun)
The noun SUBSISTER has 1 sense:
1. one who lives through affliction
Familiarity information: SUBSISTER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
One who lives through affliction
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
subsister; survivor
Context example:
the survivors of the fire were taken to a hospital
Hypernyms ("subsister" is a kind of...):
unfortunate; unfortunate person (a person who suffers misfortune)
Derivation:
subsist (support oneself)
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