Usually means: Person who gives help, support.
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  1. benefactor: Merriam-Webster
  2. benefactor: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. benefactor: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. benefactor: Collins English Dictionary
  5. benefactor: Vocabulary.com
  6. Benefactor, benefactor: Wordnik
  7. benefactor: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. benefactor: Wiktionary
  9. benefactor: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. benefactor: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. benefactor: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Benefactor, benefactor: Dictionary.com
  13. benefactor: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. benefactor: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Benefactor (album), Benefactor (law), Benefactor (video game), Benefactor, The Benefactor (TV series), The Benefactor: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Benefactor: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. benefactor: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. benefactor: Rhymezone
  19. Benefactor: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. benefactor: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. benefactor: FreeDictionary.org
  22. benefactor: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. benefactor: TheFreeDictionary.com
  24. benefactor: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. benefactor: Legal dictionary
  2. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. benefactor: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (benefactor)

▸ noun:  Somebody who gives a gift, often money to a charity.
▸ noun:  Someone who performs good or noble deeds.

Similar:
helper, contributor, benefactory, giver, donor, contributer, benefiter, philanthropist, contbr., donee, more...

Opposite:
malefactor, antagonist, adversary, opponent

Types:
angel investor, venture capitalist, angel, more...

Phrases:
expenditure benefactor, benefactor organization, more...

Adjectives:
great, public, generous, liberal, unknown, chief, munificent, major, anonymous, former, principal

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Similar:
helper, contributor, benefactory, giver, donor, contributer, benefiter, philanthropist, contbr., donee, more...

Opposite:
malefactor, antagonist, adversary, opponent

Types:
angel investor, venture capitalist, angel, more...

Phrases:
expenditure benefactor, benefactor organization, more...

Adjectives:
great, public, generous, liberal, unknown, chief, munificent, major, anonymous, former, principal

Colors:
    blue,     green,     gold,     silver,     white, more...



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