fundraisern.
/ˈfʌndˌreɪzə/, U.S. /ˈfən(d)ˌreɪzər/ 1. A person whose job or task is to raise money for a charity, cause, or other enterprise.
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society > society and the community > social attitudes > philanthropy > [noun] > charitableness or alms-giving > charitable person or almsgiver > professional charity worker
relief worker1878
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philanthropoid1937
1881 Burlington (Iowa) Hawk-eye 17 June The reputation..of Mr. T. E. Balch as a successful educational fund raiser, imparts new animation and hope to all.
1948 Economist 30 Oct. 710/1 Fund-raisers are discovering, in what may prove the costliest campaign in history, that an assured result..is not calculated to loosen the purse-strings of the public.
1957 V. Packard Hidden Persuaders i. 8 A great many advertising men, publicists, fund raisers, personnel experts, and political leaders..still do a straightforward job.
1961 Guardian 26 Jan. 22/6 Money should..be available for a..memorial..if the Press gave the fund-raisers its backing.
2000 Stanford Law Rev. 52 263 He was much more than a great fundraiser.
2. An event which is held to raise money for a particular cause or purpose.
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1896 Boston Sunday Globe 2 Aug. 4/6 Great dependence is put on the annual meeting here as a fund raiser.
1934 Amarillo (Texas) Globe 17 Dec. 1/7 The outstanding social event of the holiday season—and a fund-raiser for one of the city's necessary charities—will be the annual Junior Welfare League Charity Ball tonight.
1960 Rotarian Sept. 42/3 As a fund raiser.., the show is growing in popularity.
2012 R. C. Morais Buddhaland Brooklyn (2013) viii. 119 My Symes had invited me and several other guests to a charity fund-raiser to finance the private education of bright and ambitious immigrants.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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