survivor

Universal Words noun a person who continues to live, especially in spite of being nearly killed or experiencing great danger or difficulty: the sole / only survivor of the massacre * The plane crashed in an area of dense jungle. There were no survivors. * There are only a few survivors from the original team (= members who remain in it while others have been replaced). * She'll cope. She's one of life's great survivors (= sb who deals very well with difficult situations). * A movie has been made about the last remaining survivor of the tribe.