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View synonyms for Lady Bountiful

Lady Bountiful

noun

, plural Lady Bountifuls, Ladies Bountiful.
  1. a wealthy lady in George Farquhar's The Beaux' Stratagem, noted for her kindness and generosity.
  2. (sometimes lowercase) a woman of noteworthy generosity or charity.


lady bountiful

noun

  1. an ostentatiously charitable woman
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Lady Bountiful1

after a character in George Farquhar's play The Beaux' Stratagem (1707)
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Example Sentences

In Lady Bountiful there is no question of any great fundamental truth, no great human interest.

And when he suddenly looked up he saw her standing there laughing, expectant, radiant, a Lady Bountiful surrounded by her riches.

At one end of that gallery lies my Lady Bountiful and her daughter, and at the other Mrs. Sullen.

He had just opened a store on our street and in a Lady Bountiful spirit of helping him out, I went in to do a little trading.

In my character of Lady Bountiful I gave an old folks' supper in the soup kitchen, understood to be in honour of my return.

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