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benefactor

[ ben-uh-fak-ter, ben-uh-fak- ]

noun

  1. a person who confers a benefit; kindly helper.
  2. a person who makes a bequest or endowment, as to an institution.

    Synonyms: protector, backer, sponsor, supporter, patron



benefactor

/ ˌbɛnɪˈfæk-; ˈbɛnɪˌfæktə /

noun

  1. a person who supports or helps a person, institution, etc, esp by giving money; patron


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Derived Forms

  • ˈbeneˌfactress, noun:feminine

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Word History and Origins

Origin of benefactor1

1425–75; late Middle English benefactour < Late Latin; bene-, factor

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Example Sentences

He used to pay $55, says Abu Omar, but wages were cut recently because the benefactor could not afford to continue at that rate.

Her benefactor is simply “him,” “my man,” and sometimes even “lover;” but not “boyfriend,” and never “husband.”

Perhaps Ham will dedicate a plank in the replica ark to his bowtied benefactor.

Producer/comedienne Louise Palanker, who was a mentor and benefactor to the Arvizo family, was also there.

The team is affiliated with the Seattle Mariners, and exists at the mercy of its major-league benefactor.

Georges d'Amboise a French cardinal and statesman, died; a great benefactor to France.

It is said to be not unusual, for the peasantry of Liverpool, to speak of Mr. Bell, as a benefactor of the emigrant domestics.

Died in the latter part of 1829 at the age of fifteen, shortly after the death of his benefactor, the physician.

Whether Daudet was as much at liberty to make free with the character of his benefactor Morny is another matter.

Mademoiselle de Langeais even came down a few steps, to meet their benefactor the sooner.

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