OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 17121

philanthropist

Meanings (ES + gloss)
filántropo
A person who loves humankind in general.
filántropo
A person or institution who seeks to improve the world, especially by monetary gifts.
It is not uncommon for young philanthropists to retool their giving as they learn from their mistakes. Many other charities have only a single focus. But it has been jarring to all…
[…]and with a passing vague wonder as to what manner of man the ‘philanthropist’ might be who had more money than he knew what to do with,[…]
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