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philanthrope|ˈfɪlænθrəʊp|
[ad. Gr. ϕιλάνθρωπ-ος (adj.) loving mankind (said of gods, men, animals), humane, benign or useful to man, f. ϕιλο-, philo- + ἄνθρωπος man. Cf. F. philanthrope (in Dict. Acad. 1762; Oresme a 1400, has philantropos pl.).]
= philanthropist.
a1734North Lives (1826) II. 44 He had a goodness of nature..in so great a degree that he may be deservedly styled a philanthrope. 1810Beresford Bibliosophia, &c. 22 Calling on the Philanthrope to counteract their balefulness. 1883R. F. Burton in Academy 26 May 366/3 If only we govern like men, not like philanthropes and humanitarians. |