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# benefactor

«benefactor» in Mova's school dictionary: **a person who helps others by giving them money, gifts, or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (benefactors)

### meaning for a pupil

A benefactor is a person who helps others by giving them money, gifts, or kindness. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/benefactor/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in stories, a kind person who gives help to a poor person or to a village; the person who is helped thanks their benefactor

### examples

- The rich lady was a benefactor of our school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/benefactor/#x1)
- The old beggar thanked her benefactor. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/benefactor/#x2)
- My kind benefactor, how can I reward you? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/benefactor/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «benefactor» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/benefactor/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.