benefactor

Definitions of benefactor
  1. noun
    a person who helps people or institutions (especially with financial help)
    synonyms: asistente, ayudante, bienhechor
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    benefactora, bienhechora
    a woman benefactor
    avalador
    someone who signs a bond as surety for someone else
    dador, donador, donante
    person who makes a gift of property
    samaritano
    a person who voluntarily offers help or sympathy in times of trouble
    humanitario
    someone devoted to the promotion of human welfare and to social reforms
    liberador, libertador
    someone who releases people from captivity or bondage
    padrino, patrocinador
    someone who supports or champions something
    salvador
    a person who rescues you from harm or danger
    mentor
    a source of help and advice and encouragement
    promotor
    invests in a theatrical production
    donante de sangre
    someone who gives blood to be used for transfusions
    emancipador
    someone who frees others from bondage
    padrino
    a person who sponsors someone (the godchild) at baptism
    fiador, garante
    one who provides a warrant or guarantee to another
    madrina
    a woman who is a patron or the wife of a patron
    altruista, altruísta, filántropo
    someone who makes charitable donations intended to increase human well-being
    contribuyente
    someone who contributes (or promises to contribute) a sum of money
    type of:
    buena persona
    a person who is good to other people
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