salvor

Noun

salvor (plural salvors)

1. One who salvages; especially, one who voluntarily assists in saving a distressed ship or its goods at sea.

   Synonym: salvager

   Coordinate term: salvee

   • 2024-11-04, Sam Knight, “The shipwreck detective”, in The New Yorker‎:

     A salvor is a risktaker. […] The shores of Europe were littered with wrecks from the First World War. Sorima [la Società Ricuperi Marittimi] collected "no cure, no pay" (the equivalent of "no win, no fee") contracts from governments and insurers, seeking to recoup their losses.

Anagrams

• rovals, valors

Verb

salvor

1. first-person singular present passive indicative of salvō