save

⁴save

conjunction

Definition of SAVE

1

: except for the fact that : only —used with that <of his earlier years little is known, save that he studied violin — J. N. Burk>

2

: but, except —used before a word often taken to be the subject of a clause <no one knows about it save she>

Examples of SAVE

1. Little is known about his early years save that he left home when he was very young.

First Known Use of SAVE

14th century