benefactor

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: ben=e=fac=tor
• COUNT in NET: 1 in 1 verses (in OT : 1 in 1 verses)

CIDE DICTIONARY

benefactor, n. [L.].

 One who confers a benefit or benefits.  Bacon.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

benefactor, n. (fem. benefactress) a person who gives support (esp. financial) to a person or cause.

Etymology

ME f. LL (as BENEFIT)

DEVIL DICTIONARY

benefactor

n. One who makes heavy purchases of ingratitude, without, however, materially affecting the price, which is still within the means of all.

ROGET THESAURUS

benefactor

Benefactor

N benefactor, savior, good genius, tutelary saint, guardian angel, good Samaritan, pater patriae, salt of the earth (good man), auxiliary.

Good Man

N good man, honest man, worthy, good woman, perfect lady, Madonna, model, paragon, good example, hero, heroine, demigod, seraph, angel, innocent, saint, benefactor, philanthropist, Aristides, noble liver, pattern, brick, trump, gem, jewel, good fellow, prince, diamond in the rough, rough diamond, ugly duckling, salt of the earth, one in ten thousand, one in a million, a gentleman and a scholar, pillar of society, pillar of the community, a man among men, si sic omnes!.