Definitions for benefactor
ˈbɛn əˌfæk tər, ˌbɛn əˈfæk-bene·fac·tor

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. benefactor, helpernoun

   a person who helps people or institutions (especially with financial help)

WiktionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. benefactornoun

   Somebody who gives one a gift. Usually refers to someone who gives money to a charity or another form of organization.

2. Etymology: From benefactor, from benefacio, from bene + facio.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Benefactornoun

   He that confers a benefit; frequently he that contributes to some publick charity.

   Etymology: from benefacio, Lat.

   Then swell with pride, and must be titled gods,
   Great benefactors of mankind, deliverers,
   Worshipp’d with temple, priest, and sacrifice. John Milton, Paradise Regained, b. iii. l. 82.

   From that preface he took his hint, though he had the baseness not to acknowledge his benefactor. John Dryden, Fables, Pref.

   I cannot but look upon the writer as my benefactor, if he conveys to me an improvement of my understanding. Joseph Addison, Freeholder, №. 40.

   Whoever makes ill returns to his benefactor, must needs be a common enemy to mankind. Jonathan Swift, Gulliver’s Travels.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. benefactor

   A benefactor is a person who gives some form of help, usually in the form of a gift or donation, to a person or an organization, often for charitable purposes. The help given typically has a significant impact, either improving the recipient's quality of life or enabling them to carry out their work more effectively.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Benefactornoun

   one who confers a benefit or benefits

WikidataRate this definition:3.3 / 3 votes

1. Benefactor

   A benefactor is a person who gives some form of help to benefit a person, group or organization, often gifting a monetary contribution in the form of an endowment to help a cause. Benefactors are humanitarian leaders and charitable patrons providing assistance in many forms, such as an alumnus from a university giving back to a college or an individual providing assistance to others. The word benefactor comes from Latin bene and factor.

Matched Categories

1. • Good Person

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How to pronounce benefactor?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

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   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Tessa

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How to say benefactor in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of benefactor in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of benefactor in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of benefactor in a Sentence

1. Robert G. Ingersoll:

   The destroyer of weeds, thistles, and thorns is a benefactor whether he soweth grain or not.

2. Nikita Mazepin:

   It takes millions and millions of dollars. They need a benefactor to help an American driver race in Formula One. For all the talk about it, there’s no one that’s ever stepped up to do that.

3. Rich Barger:

   We think it's likely a cohort of Chinese actors, a bunch of mini-groups that are handled by one main benefactor, we think this series of activity over time is a little more distributed, and that is why there is not a broad consensus as to the beginning and end of this group.

4. Mark Twain:

   We owe a deep debt of gratitude to Adam, the first great benefactor of the human race: he brought death into the world.

5. Samuel Johnson:

   He is a benefactor of mankind who contracts the great rules of life into short sentences, that may be easily impressed on the memory, and so recur habitually to the mind.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=benefactor
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Benefactor
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=benefactor
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/benefactor
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=benefactor
7. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=benefactor