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Definition of save preposition from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

save

preposition
 
/seɪv/
 
/seɪv/
(also save for)
(old use or formal)
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  1. except something
    • They knew nothing about her save her name.
    Word Originpreposition Middle English: from Old French sauf, sauve, from Latin salvo, salva (ablative singular of salvus ‘safe’), used in phrases such as salvo jure, salva innocentia ‘with no violation of right or innocence’.
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