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benefactress
[ ben-uh-fak-tris, ben-uh-fak- ]
noun
- a woman who confers a benefit, bequest, endowment, or the like.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of benefactress1
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Example Sentences
I think of one whom the poor of a great city know as their benefactress and friend.
As soon as they arrive, Inkle goes and sells his benefactress in the slave market.
Anna in trembling accents thanked her kind benefactress, and hastened to present it to her father as Mrs. Meridith's gift.
Now I do not wonder at your father's agitation at meeting one who reminded him of his lost friend and benefactress.
She rapidly acquired sufficient influence to supplant her benefactress.
I rejoiced for my benefactress, I rejoiced for the tender and affectionate Edith.
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