'savior' is a perfectly correct and usable word in written English
It typically refers to a person who rescues or delivers someone or something from danger or harm. For example, "We are thankful to the brave firefighters who acted as our saviors and risked their lives to save our home from the raging fire."
For their brief "punk prayer" in Moscow's Cathedral of Christ the Savior, the Pussy Riot women were subject to an egregiously unfair trial and sentenced to two years in prison camps.
It works both in terms of optics (eg "How can the Republican Party not appeal to black people when there's a black candidate?"), and in terms of a far-right fever dream of Ben Carson as the savior candidate who could peel off Obama voters and guarantee a Republican presidency.
"I'm not expecting there to be a savior," McPhearson said.
Introduced by Epson in 2004, but popularised largely by Panasonic and Olympus from 2008 onwards with their jointly developed "Micro Four Thirds" format, the mirrorless camera was heralded as the savior of the industry's struggling second-tier of photographic firms ie, all those below Canon and Nikon (the latter two accounting for more than half of all camera sales between them).
Serbs regard him as a Nazi collaborator while many Bosniaks regard him as their savior from Draža Mihailovic's Chetnik forces.
Hence, goes the theory, their search for a different civilian savior.
A Massachusetts soldier told his wife that "if I shall fall in this contest it is but going home to my savior whom I love … if we meet not again on earth prepare to meet me in Heaven".
This charm derives from his remarkable life story the rise from humble origins, the dramatic death and from his distinctively human and humane personality as well as from his historical role as savior of the Union and emancipator of the slaves.
Holder of a master's degree in journalism and the self-proclaimed "savior of Dallas radio," Knight had a larger-than-life personality, a way with rhymes, and a penchant for the sound effects of the day (horns, whistles, and echo machines).
"Fearing the actions of a god-like super hero left unchecked, Gotham City's own formidable, forceful vigilante takes on Metropolis's most revered, modern-day savior, while the world wrestles with what sort of hero it really needs," the synopsis reads.
The severity of the global economic crisis and the failure of any leader anywhere in the world to come up with a quick-fix solution means the public aren't looking for a savior.
