saviour

 
Pronunciation: /ˈseɪvjə/
(US savior)

noun

  • a person who saves someone or something from danger or difficulty: politicians of the era usually portray themselves as the nation’s saviours
  • (the/our Saviour) (in Christianity) God or Jesus Christ as the redeemer of sin and saver of souls.

Origin:

Middle English: from Old French sauveour, from ecclesiastical Latin salvator (translating Greek sōtēr), from late Latin salvare 'to save'

Spelling help

Remember that saviour ends with -iour (the spelling savior is American).