单词 | benefactor |
释义 | benefactorn. 1. One who renders aid or kindly service to others, a friendly helper; one who advances the interests of a cause or institution, a patron. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > [noun] > that which or one who helps or means of help > a helper helpend971 recurera1382 undertaker1382 bootc1420 profitera1425 suffrage1445 supplier1456 aidant1477 aider1483 adjutor1531 benefactor1532 assistant?1541 servant1562 aid1569 adjument1576 adjuvant1583 familiar1583 adjoint1603 opitulator1624 adjutator1832 the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > kindness > [noun] > person well-willing1340 good doerc1400 well-doerc1400 sootc1430 well-willer1443 benefeterc1449 benevoler?1488 benefactor1532 good-willera1541 well-wisher?1576 ministering angel1592 well-meaner1597 angel1598 obliger1634 Samaritan1640 well-woulder1643 obligator1798 benevolist1825 living doll1961 the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > support > patronage > [noun] > patron avowe1297 avowrya1387 setter-forth1451 fautora1464 patron1466 presidenta1522 benefactor1532 patronizer1596 favourer1625 patroona1641 good fairy1716 fairy godfather1847 avoué1851 tall relative1976 1532 W. Tyndale Expos. & Notes (1849) 71 It is not inough for thee to loue thy benefactors only. 1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning i. sig. I3 There was not a greater admirer of learning or Benefactor of Learning. View more context for this quotation 1769 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) II. xxxv. 40 They..have..transferred their gratitude from their parents to their benefactors. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 362 The greatest of all the benefactors of his city. 2. esp. One who makes a benefaction to a charitable or religious institution; one who makes a bequest or endowment. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social attitudes > philanthropy > [noun] > charitableness or alms-giving > charitable person or almsgiver almoner1340 dispender1340 almsgiverc1400 almsman1440 almswoman1440 benefactora1513 charitarian1859 a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. cxviiiv Quene Philyp..The which was a great benefactour vnto the Chanons of syent Stephans Chapell at Westmynster. 1626 F. Bacon New Atlantis (1650) 33 These we call Dowry-men or Benefactors. 1752 S. Johnson Rambler No. 197. ⁋9 I was..inquiring the age of my future benefactors or considering how I should employ their legacies. 1851 H. W. Longfellow Golden Legend iv. 183 Whose tomb is that, Which bears the brass escutcheon? A benefactor's. 3. With reference to the etymology: a well-doer. ΘΚΠ society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > [noun] > right action or well-doing > a doer of good good doer1340 well-worker1555 benefactora1616 a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) ii. i. 49 Well: What Benefactors are they? Are they not Malefactors? View more context for this quotation 1870 J. Cameron Phases Thought 160 Books are to us according as we deal with them—malefactors or benefactors. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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