succorer

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Speaking to a group of female entrepreneurs, Tim Kaine, the Democratic candidate for Senate this year, suggests that Virginia has been open to foreigners since Pocahontas succoured John Smith in 1607.

From Economist • Sep. 27, 2012

Today's secularisation of society and decline of religion have meant that the kind of value system that succoured Packard, Arup and Lewis in their moral beliefs is disappearing.

From The Guardian • Apr. 3, 2010

I was taken into captivity, and His strong hand succoured me.

From The New Yorker • May 6, 1955

You imagined that Heaven had forsaken us; I implored its succour, and it has succoured us.

From The Thousand and One Days A Companion to the 'Arabian Nights' by Pardoe, Julia

The Spaniards were brought to the village, succoured, cherished, consoled, and almost worshipped as if they had been angels.”

From The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 3 by Whymper, Frederick