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benefactor

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ben·e·fac·tor  (bn-fktr)
n.
One that gives aid, especially financial aid.

[Middle English, from Late Latin, from Latin benefacere, to do a service; see benefaction.]

benefactor
Noun
a person who supports a person or institution by giving money
benefactress fem n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.benefactor - a person who helps people or institutions (especially with financial help)
benefactress - a woman benefactor
bondswoman, bondsman - someone who signs a bond as surety for someone else
bestower, conferrer, donor, giver, presenter - person who makes a gift of property
donor - (medicine) someone who gives blood or tissue or an organ to be used in another person (the host)
fairy godmother - a generous benefactor
good person - a person who is good to other people
good Samaritan - a person who voluntarily offers help or sympathy in times of trouble
do-gooder, humanitarian, improver - someone devoted to the promotion of human welfare and to social reforms
liberator - someone who releases people from captivity or bondage
accommodator, obliger - someone who performs a service or does a favor
offerer, offeror - someone who presents something to another for acceptance or rejection
sponsor, supporter, patron - someone who supports or champions something
provider - someone who provides the means for subsistence
rescuer, savior, saviour, deliverer - a person who rescues you from harm or danger
sparer - someone who refrains from injuring or destroying
uncle - a source of help and advice and encouragement; "he played uncle to lonely students"

benefactor
Translations
benefactor [ˈbɛnɪfæktəʳ] nbienhechor m

benefactor [ˈbɛnɪfæktəʳ] nbienfaiteur m

benefactor [ˈbɛnɪfæktəʳ] nWohltäter m

benefactor [ˈbɛnɪfæktəʳ] nbenefattore m

benefactor
n benefactor [ˈbenəfӕktə]
a person who gives friendly help, often in the form of money the benefactor of the school. weldoener مُحْسِن، مُتَبَرِّع благодетел mecenáš, dobrodinec velgører der/die Wohltäter/-in ευεργέτης bienhechor, benefactor heategija خیّر؛ نیکوکار hyväntekijä bienfaiteur/-trice נַדבָן धन आदि से सहायता करने वाले dobročinitelj jótevő sponsor, dermawan velgjörðarmaður benefattore, benefattrice 恩人 후원자 geradarys labdaris; ziedotājs perderma weldoener velgjører dobroczyńca benfeitor binefăcător благодетель dobrodinec dobrotnik dobrotvor välgörare ผู้สนับสนุนทางการเงิน hayırsever/yardımsever kimse, bağış yapan kimse 捐助人 добродійник محسن người hảo tâm


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The Eagle took flight, and pouncing upon a hare, brought it at once as an offering to his benefactor.
MY DEAREST MAKAR ALEXIEVITCH,--Are not you, my friend and benefactor, just a little ashamed to repine and give way to such despondency?
The grateful creature thanked his benefactor warmly, and promised Ferko to do him a good turn if he should ever need it.
 
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