View synonyms for almsgiver

almsgiver

[ ahlmz-giv-er, ahmz- ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

First recorded in 1625–35; alms + giver ( def )

There was once a lady, and there never was such an almsgiver as she was.

She does evil with the easy, graceful air of an almsgiver distributing charity, and she does good with the stealth of a criminal!

The world, he held, owed him a living without the labour of his hands, and to him "the world" was Louis the perpetual almsgiver.

Accordingly, one day he visited John the Almsgiver, with his attendants, and peremptorily demanded his money.

He was a liberal almsgiver, and at the time of his death had nothing that was his own.

Browse