| has gloss | (noun) a person who helps people or institutions (especially with financial help)
helper, benefactor |
| has gloss | eng: A benefactor is a person who gives some form of help to benefit a person, group or organization (the beneficiary), often gifting a monetary contribution in the form of an endowment to help a cause. Benefactors are humanitarian leaders and charitable patrons providing assistance in many forms, such as an alumnus from a university giving back to a college or an individual providing assistance to others. The word benefactor comes from Latin bene (good) and factor (maker). |
| lexicalization | eng: benefactor |
| lexicalization | eng: helper |
| subclass of | (noun) a person who is good to other people
good person |
| has subclass | (noun) person who makes a gift of property
giver, conferrer, bestower, presenter, donor |
| has subclass | (noun) (medicine) someone who gives blood or tissue or an organ to be used in another person (the host)
donor |
| has subclass | (noun) a generous benefactor
fairy godmother |
| has subclass | (noun) a person who voluntarily offers help or sympathy in times of trouble
good Samaritan |
| has subclass | (noun) someone devoted to the promotion of human welfare and to social reforms
improver, humanitarian, do-gooder |
| has subclass | (noun) someone who releases people from captivity or bondage
liberator |
| has subclass | (noun) someone who performs a service or does a favor
obliger, accommodator |
| has subclass | (noun) someone who presents something to another for acceptance or rejection
offeror, offerer |
| has subclass | (noun) someone who supports or champions something
patron, sponsor, supporter |
| has subclass | (noun) someone who provides the means for subsistence
provider |
| has subclass | (noun) a person who rescues you from harm or danger
savior, saviour, rescuer, deliverer |
| has subclass | (noun) someone who refrains from injuring or destroying
sparer |
| has subclass | (noun) a source of help and advice and encouragement; "he played uncle to lonely students"
uncle |
| has subclass | (noun) a woman benefactor
benefactress |
| has subclass | (noun) someone who signs a bond as surety for someone else
bondswoman, bondsman |