All 3 Uses of
benefactor
in
Arrowsmith
- He whooped, and had another whiskey; he told Clif that he was a fine fellow, and Barney that he was a public benefactor, and unsteadily he retired to the telephone, which was shut off from public hearing in a closet.†
Chpt 6
- He was of the great benefactors of humanity.†
Chpt 12 *
- However vague the citizens were as to the nature of his wickedness, once they lost faith in him they lost it completely and with joy, and they welcomed an apparently spontaneously generated rumor that he had betrayed his benefactor, their beloved Dr. Pickerbaugh, by seducing Orchid.†
Chpt 24
Definition:
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(benefactor) someone who helps a person or organization -- especially financially