a. Obs. [ad. F. survivant, pr. pple. of survivre to SURVIVE.] Surviving.
c. 1555. Harpsfield, Divorce Hen. VIII. (Camden), 236. To marry the brother’s wife if he died without children, the brother survivant.
1635. J. Hayward, trans. Biondi’s Banish’d Virg., To Rdr. In respect many of them … are to this day survivant.
1654. trans. Scudery’s Curia Pol., 116. The remainder and survivant party.
absol. 1677. Gale, Crt. Gentiles, III. 190. To animate the survivant, and to encourage them to the like exploits.
