noun
Other Word Forms
- benefactress noun
Etymology
Origin of benefactor
1425–75; late Middle English benefactour < Late Latin; bene-, factor
Example Sentences
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Cuban is facing its most serious economic crisis since the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union, its principal benefactor.
From Barron's
Jazz haunts with debts owed to its creators, and has a knack for revivals, collectives, new venues in the old forms, and stalwart clubs revivified by benefactors and grant funding.
From Los Angeles Times
Singapore’s government offers grants, tax exemptions and equity investments to new companies, making the city-state “one of the most generous benefactors of tech entrepreneurs anywhere in the world,” Mr.
The gift pushes Duffield’s total philanthropy to the school to $550 million, making him one of the largest university benefactors in the country.
The late T. Boone Pickens, the chief benefactor for Oklahoma State, built an oil fortune that he dispersed to the Cowboys.
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