humanitarian
noun
hu·man·i·tar·i·an
hyü-ˌma-nə-ˈter-ē-ən 
yü-
: a person promoting human welfare and social reform : philanthropist
recognized as a great humanitarian for her work to end world hunger
humanitarian
adjective
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She has been recognized as a great humanitarian for her efforts to end world hunger.
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Therefore, policy experts, intellectuals, activists, philanthropists, and humanitarians must save global development by decoupling it from the aid industry and anchoring it in a strategy of industrial transformation.
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Zainab Usman, Foreign Affairs, 5 May 2025
Into the last decades of the twentieth century, the laws of war were almost exclusively the domain of military lawyers and humanitarians at the Red Cross.
—Colin Jones, New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2025
Courtesy of Anima Interactive Over the past year, Karla Reyes and her team at Anima Interactive have visited the US-Mexico border twice to interview migrants and humanitarians.
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Aquarius is the rebel, inventor and humanitarian of the zodiac, so Mercury’s journey through this Air sign pushes us to look at the world through a radically different lens — or at the very least, your own, unique way of thinking.
—Valerie Mesa, People.com, 28 Jan. 2025
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Zainab Usman, Foreign Affairs, 5 May 2025
Into the last decades of the twentieth century, the laws of war were almost exclusively the domain of military lawyers and humanitarians at the Red Cross.
—Colin Jones, New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2025
Courtesy of Anima Interactive Over the past year, Karla Reyes and her team at Anima Interactive have visited the US-Mexico border twice to interview migrants and humanitarians.
—Megan Farokhmanesh, WIRED, 5 Mar. 2025
Aquarius is the rebel, inventor and humanitarian of the zodiac, so Mercury’s journey through this Air sign pushes us to look at the world through a radically different lens — or at the very least, your own, unique way of thinking.
—Valerie Mesa, People.com, 28 Jan. 2025
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“Humanitarian.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/humanitarian. Accessed 18 May. 2025.
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humanitarian
noun
hu·man·i·tar·i·an
hyü-ˌman-ə-ˈter-ē-ən
yü-
: a person devoted to or working for the health and happiness of other people
humanitarian
adjective
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