BENEFACTRESSES Synonyms

• someone who contributes (or promises to contribute) a sum of money

• a writer whose work is published in a newspaper or magazine or as part of a book

• person who makes a gift of property

• (medicine) someone who gives blood or tissue or an organ to be used in another person (the host)

• a person who makes a grant in legal form

• a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose

• a person who helps people or institutions (especially with financial help)

• a regular customer

• the proprietor of an inn

• someone who supports or champions something

• someone who makes charitable donations intended to increase human well-being

• someone whose business is to supply a particular service or commodity

• someone who provides the means for subsistence

• a person who backs a politician or a team etc.

• someone who supports or champions something

• a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose

• a band (usually elastic) worn around the leg to hold up a stocking (or around the arm to hold up a sleeve)

• a support for the genitals worn by men engaging in strenuous exercise