Usually means: Assistance and support in hardship.
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General (17 matching dictionaries)
  1. succour: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. succour: Merriam-Webster
  3. succour: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. succour: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. succour: Collins English Dictionary
  6. succour: Vocabulary.com
  7. Succour, succour: Wordnik
  8. succour: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. succour: Wiktionary
  10. succour: Dictionary.com
  11. Succour (album), Succour: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. succour: Rhymezone
  13. succour: FreeDictionary.org
  14. succour: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  15. succour: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. succour: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. succour: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. succour: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (uncountable) Aid, assistance, or relief given to one in distress; ministration.
noun:  (uncountable, military) Aid or assistance in the form of military equipment and soldiers, especially reinforcements sent to support military action.
noun:  (uncountable, obsolete except dialectal) Protection, refuge, shelter; (countable) a place providing such protection, refuge or shelter.
verb:  (transitive) To give aid, assistance, or help.
verb:  (transitive, military) To provide aid or assistance in the form of military equipment and soldiers; in particular, for helping a place under siege.
verb:  (transitive, obsolete except dialectal) To protect, to shelter; to provide a refuge.

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