A person who does good deeds; a person who behaves virtuously or philanthropically. Cf. do-gooder, n.
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| 释义 | society > society and the community > social attitudes > philanthropy > [noun] > philanthropist (10) good doerc1400 A person who does good deeds; a person who behaves virtuously or philanthropically. Cf. do-gooder, n. well-doerc1400 A person who helps others by performing good deeds; a benefactor, a philanthropist. Cf. good doer, n. 1, do-gooder, n. do-good1654 A person who does good, or is of use. Obsolete. rare. philanthropist1730 A benefactor of humankind; one who behaves benevolently towards others; a practitioner of philanthropy. philanthrope1742 A person who practises philanthropy or behaves benevolently and humanely towards others; = philanthropist, n. humanity-monger1829 = humanitarian, n. 3. philanthropic1839 A philanthropist. rare. humanitarian1843 A person concerned with human welfare as a primary or pre-eminent good; esp. a person who seeks to promote human welfare and advocates action on this… pantophile1876 a person who loves everyone and everything. Scarlet Pimpernel1958 (see also scarlet pimpernel n. at compounds 2c), the name assumed by the hero of a series of novels by Baroness Orczy (1865–1947), a dashing but… |
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