preserver

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pre·serve

(prĭ-zûrv′)

v. pre·served, pre·serv·ing, pre·serves

v.tr.

1. To keep from injury, peril, or harm; protect. See Synonyms at defend.

2. To keep in perfect or unaltered condition; maintain unchanged: fossils preserved in sediments; a film preserved in the archives.

3. To keep or maintain intact: tried to preserve family harmony.

4. To prepare (food) for storage or future use, as by canning or salting.

5. To prevent (organic bodies) from decaying or spoiling: preserved the specimen in a chemical solution.

a. To protect (wildlife or natural resources) in a designated area, often for regulated hunting or fishing.

b. To maintain (an area) for the protection of wildlife or natural resources.

v.intr.

1. To treat fruit or other foods so as to prevent decay.

2. To maintain an area for the protection of wildlife or natural resources.

1. Something that acts to preserve; a preservative.

2. often preserves Fruit cooked with sugar to protect against decay or fermentation.

3. An area maintained for the protection of wildlife or natural resources.

4. Something considered as being the exclusive province of certain persons: Ancient Greek is the preserve of scholars.

[Middle English preserven, from Old French preserver, from Medieval Latin praeservāre, from Late Latin, to observe beforehand : Latin prae-, pre- + Latin servāre, to guard, preserve; see ser- in Indo-European roots.]

pre·serv′a·bil′i·ty n.

pre·serv′a·ble adj.

pres′er·va′tion (prĕz′ər-vā′shən) n.

pre·serv′er n.

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Noun	1.	preserver - a skilled worker who is employed to restore or refinish buildings or antique furniture refinisher, renovator, restorer skilled worker, skilled workman, trained worker - a worker who has acquired special skills
	2.	preserver - a cook who preserves fruits or meat cook - someone who cooks food salter - someone who uses salt to preserve meat or fish or other foods
	3.	preserver - someone who keeps safe from harm or danger individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do" defender, guardian, protector, shielder - a person who cares for persons or property
	4.	preserver - rescue equipment consisting of a buoyant belt or jacket to keep a person from drowning flotation device, life preserver float - something that floats on the surface of water life buoy, life ring, lifesaver, life belt - a life preserver in the form of a ring of buoyant material cork jacket, life jacket, life vest - life preserver consisting of a sleeveless jacket of buoyant or inflatable design rescue equipment - equipment used to rescue passengers in case of emergency water wings - a life preserver consisting of a connected pair of inflatable bags that fit under a person's arms and provide buoyancy; used by children learning to swim

Translations

conservateur

preserver

n → Retter(in) m(f)

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"Noble preserver! The life that you have saved is yours!"

"I am a noble preserver," said the Modern Swain, thoughtfully moving away; "the life that I have saved is indeed mine."

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Here, on the night when the shrine was completed, Vishnu the Preserver appeared to the three Brahmins in a dream.

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With a shriek of fear the ape which held me leaped through the open window, but its mate closed in a terrific death struggle with my preserver, which was nothing less than my faithful watch-thing; I cannot bring myself to call so hideous a creature a dog.

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"I hate this business!" complained Tom, after having been knelt to by the Indian's wife and child, who called him the "preserver" and other endearing titles of the same kind.

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Barnaby, heavily ironed as he was, if he had obeyed his first impulse, or if he had been alone, would have made his way back to the side of Hugh, who to his clouded intellect now shone forth with the new lustre of being his preserver and truest friend.

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Marianne's preserver, as Margaret, with more elegance than precision, styled Willoughby, called at the cottage early the next morning to make his personal enquiries.

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there's our gallant friend--our preserver!" exclaimed Kennedy, cordially.--"How goes it, Joe?"

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She attended her sickbed; her watchful attentions triumphed over the malignity of the distemper--Elizabeth was saved, but the consequences of this imprudence were fatal to her preserver. On the third day my mother sickened; her fever was accompanied by the most alarming symptoms, and the looks of her medical attendants prognosticated the worst event.

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"You're not hurt, I hope, miss," said her preserver, respectfully.

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It's like drowning with a life preserver in my reach.

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Contiguous to Mr Allworthy's estate was the manor of one of those gentlemen who are called preservers of the game.