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benefactour

benefactour is the obsolete form of benefactor.

Meaning of benefactor

Noun

benefactor (plural benefactors)

  1. Somebody who gives a gift, often money to a charity.
    • anonymous benefactor
  2. Someone who performs good or noble deeds.

Forms of benefactour

pluralbenefactours

Questions about benefactour

What is benefactour the obsolete form of?
Benefactour is the obsolete form of benefactor.

Words near benefactour in the dictionary

  1. benefactories
  2. benefactors
  3. benefactorship
  4. benefactorships
  5. benefactory
  6. benefactour
  7. benefactours
  8. benefactress
  9. benefactresses
  10. benefactrices
  11. benefactrix

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Adapted from Wiktionary: benefactour (page history and authors); benefactor (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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