ALMSGIVER Synonyms: 27 Similar and Opposite Words

almsgiver

noun

as in fairy godmother

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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

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From a university or donor’s long-term perspective,Ryan argues, this is only so much value in raising money to subsidize athlete compensation.

— Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 25 Sep. 2026
Zimbabwe is among several African nations resisting Washington’s push to replace broad health assistance with country-by-country agreements emphasizing domestic financing and reduced donor dependence.

— Farai Mutsaka, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026

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Mushrooms is the latest Neil Balnaves Tallawoladah Lawn Commission, named for the Australian philanthropist and businessman Neil Balnaves, who died in a boating accident near Tahiti in 2022, aged 77.

— Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 25 Sep. 2026
It must be asked how Macklemore turned the narrative and turned a Jewish philanthropist — who pledged $2 million to Gaza humanitarian aid — into the villain of the story?

— Kenneth L. Marcus, New York Daily News, 25 Sep. 2026

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