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Benefactor

One who confers a benefit or benefits.

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Accommodator 76% connected

He who, or that which, accommodates.

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Benefactress 76% connected

A woman who confers a benefit.

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Bestower 76% connected

One that bestows.

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Conferrer 76% connected

One who confers; one who converses.

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Deliverer 76% connected

One who delivers or rescues; a preserver.

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Donor 76% connected

One who gives or bestows; one who confers anything gratuitously; a benefactor.

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Giver 76% connected

One who gives; a donor; a bestower; a grantor; one who imparts or distributes.

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Humanitarian 76% connected

Pertaining to humanitarians, or to humanitarianism; as, a humanitarian view of Christ's nature.

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Improver 76% connected

One who, or that which, improves.

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Liberator 76% connected

One who, or that which, liberates; a deliverer.

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Obliger 76% connected

One who, or that which, obliges.

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Offerer 76% connected

One who offers; esp., one who offers something to God in worship.

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Patron 76% connected

One who protects, supports, or countenances; a defender.

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Presenter 76% connected

One who presents.

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Provider 76% connected

One who provides, furnishes, or supplies; one who procures what is wanted.

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Rescuer 76% connected

One who rescues.

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Savior 76% connected

One who saves, preserves, or delivers from destruction or danger.

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Sparer 76% connected

One who spares.

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Sponsor 76% connected

One who binds himself to answer for another, and is responsible for his default; a surety.

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Supporter 76% connected

One who, or that which, supports; as, oxygen is a supporter of life.

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Uncle 76% connected

The brother of one's father or mother; also applied to an aunt's husband; -- the correlative of aunt in sex, and of nephew and niece in relationship.

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Helper 92% connected

One who, or that which, helps, aids, assists, or relieves; as, a lay helper in a parish.

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