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benefiter

benefiter noun: a person who receives a benefit.

Noun

benefiter (plural benefiters)

  1. A person who receives a benefit.
  2. A person who benefits somebody else; benefactor.
    • That principle carried out consistently and logically, makes the individual not a claimant upon society, but a benefiter of it. He contributes whatever talent, natural or acquired, he may have, cheerfully to the promotion of the common good, […]1849, William Scott, Francis Garden, James Bowling Mozley, The Christian Remembrancer, volume 17, page 217

Forms of benefiter

pluralbenefiters
alternative formbenefitter

Origin of benefiter

From benefit + -er.

Questions about benefiter

What does benefiter mean?
Benefiter means a person who receives a benefit.
What part of speech is benefiter?
Benefiter is a noun.
What is the plural of benefiter?
The plural of benefiter is benefiters.

Words near benefiter in the dictionary

  1. benefit society
  2. benefit tourism
  3. benefitable
  4. benefite
  5. benefited
  6. benefiter
  7. benefiters
  8. benefites
  9. benefitest
  10. benefiteth
  11. benefitial

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