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philanthropoids

philanthropoids is the plural of philanthropoid.

Meaning of philanthropoid

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

Questions about philanthropoids

What is philanthropoids the plural of?
Philanthropoids is the plural of philanthropoid.

Words near philanthropoids in the dictionary

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

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