benefactor

Etymology
From, borrowed from , from , from +.

Noun

 * 1) Somebody who gives a gift, often money to a charity.
 * 2) Someone who performs good or noble deeds.

Related terms

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Translations

 * Arabic: مُتَبَرِّع
 * Armenian:
 * Belarusian: дабрачы́нец, дабрачы́нка, дабрадзе́й, дабрадзе́йка
 * Bulgarian: благотвори́тел, благотвори́телка,, благоде́телка
 * Catalan: benefactor
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Coptic: ⲉⲩⲉⲣⲅⲉⲧⲏⲥ
 * Czech: dobrodinec
 * Danish: velgører
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: bonfaranto
 * Estonian: heategija
 * Finnish: hyväntekijä,
 * French: ,
 * Friulian: benfatôr
 * German:, , Benefaktor
 * Greek: ,
 * Ancient: εὐεργέτης
 * Hungarian:
 * Ido:
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:
 * Khmer: អ្នកមានគុណ
 * Korean:
 * Latin: benefactor
 * Latvian: labdaris
 * Lithuanian: geradarys
 * Macedonian: добротвор
 * Maori: kaitautoko, kaioha
 * Norman: beinfaiteur
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: velgjører
 * Old English: wel-doend
 * Persian:, کرفه‌گر
 * Polish:, , ofiarodawczyni, ,  , benefaktorka
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Roman:, , dobročiniteljka, ,
 * Slovak: dobrodinec
 * Slovene: dobrotnik, dobrotnica
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish: välgörare
 * Thai: ผู้อุปถัมภ์, ผู้อุปการะ
 * Tocharian B: kärtse-yāmi, tanāpate
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian:, , доброчи́нець, доброді́йник, доброді́йниця, доброді́й,
 * Venetian: benefator
 * Vietnamese:
 * Volapük:,  hibenodan,  jibenodan
 * Welsh:, cymwynaswraig

Etymology
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Etymology
From or.

Noun

 * 1)  ; one who confers a favour

Etymology
, from. Compare the inherited doublet.