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philanthropoid

philanthropoid noun: an administrative employee at a philanthropic organisation.

Noun

philanthropoid (plural philanthropoids)

  1. (informal) An administrative employee at a philanthropic organisation.
    • The philanthropoid needs intelligence, imagination, flexibility, and a large streak of unselfishness.1967, Warren Weaver, George Wells Beadle, U.S. philanthropic foundations
    • I'm not playing the role of the hard-headed tycoon who thinks all philanthropoids are Socialists and all university professors are Communists.1983, Rael Jean Isaac, Erich Isaac, The coercive utopians: social deception by America's power players, page 206

Forms of philanthropoid

pluralphilanthropoids

Origin of philanthropoid

From philanthropy + -oid.

Questions about philanthropoid

What does philanthropoid mean?
Philanthropoid means an administrative employee at a philanthropic organisation.
What part of speech is philanthropoid?
Philanthropoid is a noun.
What is the plural of philanthropoid?
The plural of philanthropoid is philanthropoids.

Words near philanthropoid in the dictionary

  1. philanthropists
  2. philanthropize
  3. philanthropized
  4. philanthropizes
  5. philanthropizing
  6. philanthropoid
  7. philanthropoids
  8. philanthropreneur
  9. philanthropreneurs
  10. philanthropy
  11. philatelic

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