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philanthropist

noun

Etymology

From philanthropy + -ist; compare French philanthrope.

  1. derived from φιλανθρωπία
  2. borrowed from philanthrōpia
  3. suffixed as philanthropist — “philanthropy + -ist”

Definitions

  1. A person who loves humankind in general.

  2. A person or institution who seeks to improve the world, especially by monetary gifts.

    • […]and with a passing vague wonder as to what manner of man the ‘philanthropist’ might be who had more money than he knew what to do with,[…]
    • He was a noted philanthropist, and played a public-spirited part in the support of the Army during the Crimean War.

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Derived

fauxlanthropist, philanthropath, philanthropistic, philanthropreneur, technophilanthropist, theophilanthropist

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