almsgiver

noun

as in fairy godmother

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  1. fairy godmother
  2. sugar daddy
  3. donor
  4. philanthropist
Noun
  • Miley Cyrus is paying tribute to her late fairy godmother Dolly Parton after her death at age 80.
    — Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Dory, who is the baby of her three-kid family, invents friends, villains and a bearded fairy godmother for company.
    — Liz Rosenberg, The Conversation, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of fairy godmother
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  • These are people who are taking hundreds of thousands of dollars from their billionaire sugar daddies, like Harlan Crow.
    — NBC news, NBC news, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Sennott plays Danielle, a bisexual college senior who sits shiva with her family after sleeping with her sugar daddy.
    — Liam Hess, Vogue, 28 June 2026
Definition of sugar daddy
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  • What donors and kids get Another potential upside for donors is a whole new class of shareholders, Gentry said.
    — Sydney Lake, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Simmons had about 1,850 contributions, though those don’t all equate to one donor.
    — Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of donor
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  • At the suggestion of local philanthropists Mark and Robin Seigle, members were planning to donate any funding left beyond the above to create an arts scholarship at ECC in memory of Jones and Hamilton Wings.
    — Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 8 Oct. 2026
  • For his part, Nagendran is a philanthropist, physician, and biotechnology executive in Arizona who heads research and development at Taysha Gene Therapies.
    — Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of philanthropist
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