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Philanthropist

Philanthropist Meaning & Definition
Philanthropist Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Philanthropist?

[n] someone who makes charitable donations intended to increase human well-being

Synonyms | Synonyms for Philanthropist: altruist

Related Terms | Find terms related to Philanthropist: almoner | almsgiver | angel | assignor | awarder | backer | benefactor | benefactress | benevolist | bestower | cheerful giver | conferrer | consignor | contributor | do-gooder | donator | donor | fairy godmother | feoffor | financer | funder | giver | grantor | humanitarian | imparter | lady bountiful | Maecenas | patron | patroness | power for good | presenter | Robin Hood | Santa Claus | settler | social worker | sponsor | subscriber | sugar daddy | supporter | testate | testator | testatrix | vouchsafer | welfare statist | welfare worker | well-doer

See Also | Alfred Bernhard Nobel | Alfred Nobel | Andrew Carnegie | Andrew Mellon | Andrew W. Mellon | Andrew William Mellon | Carnegie | Commodore VAnderbilt | Cooper | Cornelius Vanderbilt | Cornell | donor | Elihu Yale | Ezra Cornell | First Viscount Nuffield | giver | Guggenheim | Harvard | Hershey | Hopkins | John D. Rockefeller | John Davison Rockefeller | John Harvard | Johns Hopkins | Mellon | Milton Snavely Hershey | Nobel | Nuffield | Peter Cooper | presenter | Rockefeller | Solomon Guggenheim | Vanderbilt | William Richard Morris | Yale

Philanthropist In Webster's Dictionary

\Phi*lan"thro*pist\, n. [Gr. ?; ? loving + ? man: cf. F. philanthrope.] One who practices philanthropy; one who loves mankind, and seeks to promote the good of others.

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