Both Uses of
benefactor
in
A Tale of Two Cities
- That, if statues were decreed in Britain, as in ancient Greece and Rome, to public benefactors, this shining citizen would assuredly have had one.†
Chpt 2.3 *
- The great door clanged behind him, and Monsieur the Marquis crossed a hall grim with certain old boar-spears, swords, and knives of the chase; grimmer with certain heavy riding-rods and riding-whips, of which many a peasant, gone to his benefactor Death, had felt the weight when his lord was angry.†
Chpt 2.9
Definition:
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(benefactor) someone who helps a person or organization -- especially financially