benefactor

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Pronunciation

• (America) enPR: bĕn'əfăktər, IPA: /ˈbɛnəˌfæktɚ/

Noun

1. Somebody who gives a gift, often money to a charity.

Related terms

• benefactive
• benefactress
• benefactrix
• beneficiary (near antonym)
• beneficent

Translations

• French: bienfaiteur, bienfaitrice
• German: Wohltäter, Wohltäterin
• Italian: benefattore
• Portuguese: benfeitor
• Russian: благоде́тель
• Spanish: bienhechor, benefactor

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