almsgiver

noun

Definition of almsgivernext
as in fairy godmother

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  1. fairy godmother
  2. sugar daddy
  3. donor
  4. philanthropist
Noun
  • Very Lord Peter Wimsey or the Scarlet Pimpernel, mixed with a fairy godmother.
    Alice Burton, Vulture, 26 July 2024
  • Comments If Cinderella can have a fairy godmother, then Janelle Monáe can have a fairy Halloween mother.
    Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 24 Oct. 2024
Definition of fairy godmother
Noun
  • With no sugar daddy willing to lend money to countries that have lost the market's faith, there may be no alternative to austerity.
    Menzie D. Chinn, Foreign Affairs, 16 Aug. 2012
  • As the financial sugar daddy of research overseas that created COVID.
    Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2024
Definition of sugar daddy
Noun
  • The decrease is primarily due to lower sales of Sofia SARS Antigen assays and the wind-down of the U.S. donor screening business.
    Quartz Bot, Quartz, 8 Nov. 2024
  • Her name is prominently displayed on donor plaques in the temple, next to that of her grandfather.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of donor
Noun
  • The actress, activist, producer, philanthropist, and best-selling author, is part of the select group of creatives to have achieved EGOT status, having won an Emmy, a Grammy, Oscar and two Tony Awards.
    Abid Rahman, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Nov. 2024
  • Friends say Freeman was a humble philanthropist who didn't publicize his gifts to numerous nonprofit groups.
    Nate Rau, Axios, 18 Nov. 2024
Definition of philanthropist
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