Emily Dickinson Lexicon

SAV'IOR, n. [sāvyur; Fr. sauveur.]

1. One who saves, preserves or delivers from destruction or danger. – 2 Kings xiii, 5. Is. xix, 20.
2. Properly and appropriately, Jesus Christ, the Redeemer, who has opened the way to everlasting salvation by his obedience and death, and who is therefore called the Savior, by way of distinction, the Savior of men, the Savior of the world. General Washington may be called the saver, but not the savior of his country.