benefactress

[ UK /bˈɛnɪfˌæktɹəs/ ]
NOUN
  1. a woman benefactor
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How To Use benefactress In A Sentence

  • But local baseball hero Klint refuses to warm up to his new benefactress and instead throws himself into his game with a fierceness that troubles his little brother. Fragile Beasts by Tawni O'Dell: Book summary
  • And yet, as Bliss notes, no one even suggested naming the medical school after its benefactress, in spite of her spectacular gift.
  • Born in Geneva and fleeing that city at age 16, Rousseau moved to Savoy where, under the influence of his benefactress Baronne de Warens, he transformed from an uneducated apprentice to a man of letters.
  • Sensitive to the mental atmosphere about her, as a wind harp to the lightest breeze, Berene felt this unexpressed sentiment in the breast of her "benefactress" and strove to avoid anything which could aggravate it. An Ambitious Man
  • UCMP provides access to the Papers of Annie Alexander, the benefactress of our museum, to historians and other interested parties.
  • Another important ally gained at this period was Harriet Shaw Weaver, business manager and then editor of the Egoist, and a lifelong benefactress of Joyce.
  • If she was being kept by a wealthy benefactress, she might well pick up a little something for her. BABYCAKES
  • Eight years of toiling for the attentions of some noble benefactress and eight years of writing stories.
  • He tells Elinor he did and still does love Marianne, and was going to ask her to marry him, when his benefactress became informed of his behavior towards Colonel Brandon's foster daughter.
  • But I do _not_ love _her_!" answered the proud girl, regarding the woman whom the world called her benefactress, with a glance of queenly scorn. The Old Homestead
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