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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  • The donors span longtime Democratic backers like billionaire investor John Pritzker to first-time donors like investor Jack Altman, brother of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman.
    — Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 30 Oct. 2026
  • Between campaigns, super PACs and billionaire donors, hundreds of millions of dollars have been spent on a handful of races.
    — Connor Greene, Time, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of donor
Noun
  • The cost of the drugs there and in the private market limits their use, the philanthropist and former energy trader John Arnold notes.
    — Ben Smith, semafor.com, 29 Oct. 2026
  • The race pits Thompson, a veteran lawmaker who has represented much of the region for nearly three decades, against Jones, a former venture capitalist and philanthropist.
    — Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of philanthropist
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