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- pronunciation:
- be
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faek
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- features:
- Word Parts
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition: |
one who benefits or helps an individual or an institution, usu. by giving money.
The university library is named after one of the school's benefactors.The painter suffered much hardship after his benefactor withdrew his support.- similar words:
- friend, patron
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| related words: |
ancestor |
| derivation: |
benefactress (n.) |
The word benefactor
contains the following parts:
ben, bene, bon
Latin
root
that means good, well
  Example words:
- synonyms:
- eu
- antonyms:
- mal, male
fac, fic, fec, fact, fect
Latin
root
that means make, do
More about this word part:
This root is also the origin of the suffixes "-fy, -ify, -efy" and "-ification, -efaction".
Example words:
affect, affection, artificial, beneficial, benefit, deficient, effect, efficient, fact, factory, fiction, infect, manufacture, sacrifice, satisfaction, satisfactory, significant, sufficient
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