单词 | philanthropist |
释义 | philanthropistn. A benefactor of humankind; one who behaves benevolently towards others; a practitioner of philanthropy.Now usually denoting a philanthropic or charitable person, but formerly having the more general sense ‘friend or lover of humankind’, and hence applied also to benevolent or friendly gods, animals, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > Christian God > [noun] > according to other attributes horn of salvation (health)c825 fatherOE Our FatherOE leecha1200 searcher of (men's) heartsa1382 untempter1382 headstone of the cornerc1400 Valentinec1450 illuminator1485 sun?1521 righteous maker1535 shepherd1535 verity1535 strengthener1567 gracer1592 heart-searcher1618 heartbreaker1642 sustainera1680 philanthropist1730 the invisible1781 praise1782 All-Father1814 wisdom1855 omniscient1856 engracer1866 inbreather1873 God of the gaps1933 the great —— in the sky1968 society > society and the community > social attitudes > philanthropy > [noun] > philanthropist good doerc1400 well-doerc1400 do-good1654 philanthropist1730 philanthrope1742 humanity-monger1829 philanthropic1839 humanitarian1843 pantophile1876 Scarlet Pimpernel1958 1730 N. Bailey et al. Dictionarium Britannicum Philanthropist,..a lover of mankind. 1743 E. Young Complaint: Night the Fourth 34 Thou great Philanthropist! Father of Angels! but the Friend of Man! 1769 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (new ed.) III. iv. 49 The Dolphin..was celebrated in the earliest time for its fondness of the human race, was honored with the title of the Sacred Fish, and distinguished by those of Boy-loving, and Philanthropist. 1797 Anti-Jacobin 11 Dec. 39/1 Tom Paine the Philanthropist. 1829 I. Taylor Nat. Hist. Enthusiasm vii. 178 The spirit that should actuate a Christian philanthropist. 1875 A. Helps Social Pressure iii. 44 A great philanthropist has astonished the world by giving it large sums of money during his lifetime. 1904 J. London Sea-wolf xxxiv. 319 Since when have you become a philanthropist? 1958 L. Uris Exodus (1959) II. v. 238 The Jews began moving out of the old walled city in Jerusalem with the aid of the British Jewish philanthropist, Moses Montefiore. 2002 More Feb. 76/2 Since then, she has become a philanthropist, a farmer, an animal rights advocate, a restauranteur, a preserver of rare books. Derivatives philanthropˈistic adj. rare of, relating to, or of the nature of philanthropism; (also) that is a philanthropist. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social attitudes > philanthropy > [adjective] philanthropian1615 philanthropal1648 philanthropic1661 philanthropical1759 agathopoietica1782 humanitarian1844 humanitary1844 philanthropistic1851 beneficential1869 1851 T. Carlyle Life J. Sterling i. v. 51 Mere darkness with philanthropistic phosphorescences, empty meteoric lights. 1999 Re: Windows 2000 in comp.os.linux.advocacy (Usenet newsgroup) 25 July If it wasn't for philanthropistic individuals, you'd be working as a laborer, because there would be no public schools or open education of any sort. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1730 |
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