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View synonyms for benefactress
benefactress
[ ben-uh-fak-tris, ben-uh-fak- ]
noun
- a woman who confers a benefit, bequest, endowment, or the like.
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Gender Note
What's the difference between benefactress and benefactor? See -ess.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of benefactress1
First recorded in 1425–75; late Middle English benefactrice; benefactor + -ess
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Example Sentences
I think of one whom the poor of a great city know as their benefactress and friend.
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As soon as they arrive, Inkle goes and sells his benefactress in the slave market.
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Anna in trembling accents thanked her kind benefactress, and hastened to present it to her father as Mrs. Meridith's gift.
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Now I do not wonder at your father's agitation at meeting one who reminded him of his lost friend and benefactress.
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She rapidly acquired sufficient influence to supplant her benefactress.
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I rejoiced for my benefactress, I rejoiced for the tender and affectionate Edith.
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