almsgiver

noun

Definition of almsgivernext
as in fairy godmother

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  1. fairy godmother
  2. sugar daddy
  3. donor
  4. philanthropist
Noun
  • The singer is one of the many fairy godmothers of inclusive pop music, and her songs read like love letters to her family and community.
    Devon Ivie, Vulture, 14 Nov. 2024
  • Very Lord Peter Wimsey or the Scarlet Pimpernel, mixed with a fairy godmother.
    Alice Burton, Vulture, 26 July 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
  • Its nearly $900 million restoration, largely paid for by donations from a few Paris billionaires and some 340,000 other donors, many of them Americans, is just the latest example.
    Michael Kimmelman, New York Times, 6 Dec. 2024
  • What’s the better deal, doing QCDs a little at a time or using Nvidia shares to set up a donor fund?
    William Baldwin, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
Definition of donor
Noun
  • The film has attracted prominent supporters, among them actress Kerry Washington and philanthropist Jessica Seinfeld, who joined the project as executive producers.
    Matthew Carey, Deadline, 12 Dec. 2024
  • The Wall Street Journal reported in 2023 that Alex Soros, the youngest son of billionaire philanthropist George Soros, had taken control of the PAC and that $125 million was earmarked for it.
    Robert Schmad, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of philanthropist
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