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  • Lady Bountiful
    Lady Bountiful
    noun
    a wealthy lady in George Farquhar's The Beaux' Stratagem, noted for her kindness and generosity.
  • lady bountiful
    lady bountiful
    noun
    an ostentatiously charitable woman
Synonyms

Lady Bountiful

American  

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 British  

noun

  1. an ostentatiously charitable woman

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Etymology

Origin of lady bountiful

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

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