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Definition: Philanthropist |
PhilanthropistNoun1. Someone who makes charitable donations intended to increase human well-being. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "philanthropist" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1785. (references) |
Etymology: Philanthropist \Phi*lan"thro*pist\, noun. [expression of Greek origin; loving man: compare to the French expression philanthrope.]. (Websters 1913) |
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Satire | PHILANTHROPIST, n. A rich (and usually bald) old gentleman who has trained himself to grin while his conscience is picking his pocket. Source: Devil's Dictionary. |
19th Century Satire | One who returns to the people publicly a small percentage of the wealth he steals from them privately. Source: Foolish Dictionary, 1904. |
Literature | Philanthropist (The). John Howard, who spent much of his life in visiting the prisons and hospitals of Europe. (1726-1790.) (Greek, phil-anthropos.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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Some notable philanthropists:
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Synonym: PhilanthropistSynonym: altruist (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Good Man | Model, paragon; (perfection); good example; hero, heroine, demigod, seraph, angel; innocent; saint; (piety); benefactor; philanthropist; Aristides; noble liver, pattern. |
Philanthropy | Philanthropist, endaemonist, utilitarian, Benthamite, socialist, communist, cosmopolite, citizen of the world, amicus humani generis; knight errant; patriot. |
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Crosswords: Philanthropist |
| English words defined with "philanthropist": Andrew Carnegie, Andrew Mellon, Andrew W. Mellon, Andrew William Mellon ♦ Carnegie ♦ Elihu Yale ♦ Guggenheim ♦ Harvard, Hershey, Hopkins ♦ J. P. Morgan, John Harvard, John Pierpont Morgan, Johns Hopkins ♦ Mellon, Milton Snavely Hershey, Morgan ♦ Philanthrope, Philanthropistic ♦ Solomon Guggenheim ♦ Yale. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "philanthropist": Andrew Project ♦ INGRATE ♦ Jellyby ♦ Philanthropist ♦ Restitutor. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "philanthropist": Philanthropistic. (references) |
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Movie/TV Titles | The Penny Philanthropist (1917) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Probably photographed at Portland, Maine. The most distant ship, in right center, is HMS Monarch, which carried the body of the late philanthropist George M. Peabody home to the United States for burial. Her escort, USS Plymouth, is next closest to the camera. The twin-turret monitor is probably USS Miantonomoh, which was detailed to meet the funeral ships when they arrived in U.S. waters.Credit: NAVY. |
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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. | Philanthropy is commendable, but it must not cause the philanthropist to overlook the circumstances of economic injustice which make philanthropy necessary. |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Here is the philanthropist. |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | The philanthropist too often surrounds mankind with the remembrance of his own castoff griefs as an atmosphere, and calls it sympathy. |
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Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | INGRATE, n. One who receives a benefit from another, or is otherwise an object of charity. "All men are ingrates," sneered the cynic. "Nay," The good philanthropist replied; "I did great service to a man one day Who never since has cursed me to repay, Nor vilified." "Ho!" cried the cynic, "lead me to him straight -- With veneration I am overcome, And fain would have his blessing." "Sad your fate -- He cannot bless you, for AI grieve to state This man is dumb." Ariel Selp |
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Andrew Jackson | 1829-1837 | In supporting it, therefore, we support all that is dear to the freeman and the philanthropist. |
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| "Philanthropist" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Philanthropist" is used about 64 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 64 | 42,009 |
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Ending with "philanthropist": pseudo-philanthropist. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
philanthropist | 104 |
philanthropist yale | 7 |
ima philanthropist | 6 |
definition philanthropist | 2 |
millionaire philanthropist | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "philanthropist"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | filantrop (philanthrope). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | فاعل خير (alms, benefactor, helpful), محب الخير, المحسن (benefactor, humanitarian, improver, well doer), السخي (generous). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | човеколюбец (humanitarian), филантроп (philanthrope), благодетел (well doer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | lidumil, filantrop. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | ihmisystävä, filantrooppi. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | philanthrope. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | menschenfreund, philanthrop. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | φιλάνθρωποσ (benevolent, charitable, humanitarian). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | פילנטרופ, בעל צדקה, נדבן (benefactor, donor). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | emberbarát (altruist, humanitarian), filantrópus. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | penderma (donor, giver), filantrop, dermawan (benefactor, bounteous, bountiful, charitable, donor, generous). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | filantropo. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 博愛家 , 博愛主義者 , 慈善家 (charitable person). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | じぜんか (charitable person), はくあいしゅぎしゃ, はくあいか. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | graihder sheelnaue. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ilanthropistphay entidade filantrópica (philanthropic organization). (various references) filantrop (philanthrope). (various references) филантроп (humanitarian, philanthrope). (various references) filantrop (philanthrope), čovekoljubac (philanthrope). (various references) filántropo. (various references) människovän (humanitarian, philanthrope), filantrop (humanitarian, philanthrope). (various references) insancıl kimse (humanitarian), insancıl (humane, humanist, humanistic, humanitarian, philanthropic, philanthropical), hayırsever kimse, hayırsever (benefactor, beneficent, benevolent, charitable, philanthropic, philanthropical). (various references) філантроп (humanitarian). (various references) người yêu người (philanthrope), người nhân đức (philanthrope), kẻ thương người (philanthrope). (various references) dyn.garwr. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "philanthropist": philanthropists. (additional references) | |
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"Philanthropist" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: filanthropist, phianthropist, philanthopist, philanthrapist, philanthrofist, philanthropest, philanthrophist, philanthropisr, philantropist, philathropist, phileanthropist, philoanthropist, pholanthropist, phylanthropist. (additional references) | |
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| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "philanthropist" (pronounced fula"nthrupust) |
| 6 | -r u p u s t | psychotherapist, therapist. |
| 4 | -p u s t | cheapest, deepest, encompassed, hippest, rapist, sharpest, steepest, tempest. |
| 3 | -u s t | ablest, abolitionist, abortionist, absolutist, accompanist, activist, agonist, agriculturalist, agronomist, alarmist, alchemist, allergist, amethyst, amorist, analyst, anarchist, anatomist, anesthesiologist, anesthetist, angriest, animist, antagonist, anthropologist, anticommunist, apologist, apprenticed, aquarist, archaeologist, archivist, arsonist, artist, atheist, August, ballast, balloonist, barest, behaviorist, biased, bicyclist, biggest, biochemist, biologist, bitterest, blackest, bleakest, bloodiest, bluest, bluntest, boldest, botanist, bravest, breakfast, briefest, brightest, broadest, busiest, buttressed, calloused, canoeist, canvassed, capitalist, cardiologist, caricaturist, cartoonist, catalyst, cellist, chauvinist, choicest, clarinetist, classicist, cleanest, closest, coldest, colonialist, colonist, columnist, communist, conservationist, contortionist, conversationalist, coolest, cornettist, craziest, creamiest, criminologist, cruelest, cultist, cyclist, darkest, deadliest, dearest, deforest, deist, densest, dentist, dermatologist, determinist, direst, dirtiest, dishonest, disinterest, driest, druggist, dullest, dumbest, earliest, earnest, easiest, ecologist, economist, editorialist, eldest, elitist, embarrassed, empiricist, encyclopedist, endocrinologist, entomologist, environmentalist, epidemiologist, ethicist, ethnomusicologist, exhibitionist, exorcist, expressionist, extremist, faintest, fairest, fanciest, farthest, fascist, fastest, fattest, federalist, feminist, fetishist, fewest, fiercest, finalist, finest, firmest, fittest, flimsiest, florist, focused, focussed, foggiest, fondest, forest, formalist, freest, freshest, friendliest, fullest, fundamentalist, funnest, funniest, furthest, generalist, geneticist, gentlest, geologist, gerontologist, goldest, grandest, gravest, grayest, greatest, greediest, greenest, grimaced, grimmest, grooviest, guitarist, gymnast, gynecologist, happiest, hardest, harnessed, harshest, harvest, healthiest, heaviest, heftiest, herbalist, highest, hobbyist, holiest, honest, hottest, hugest, humblest, humorist, hygienist, idealist, ideologist, illusionist, immunologist, imperialist, impressionist, individualist, industrialist, institutionalist, instrumentalist, interest, internationalist, internist, interventionist, isolationist, jaundiced, journalist, juiciest, junkiest, keenest, kindest, kremlinologist, largest, latest, laziest, leanest, leftist, librettist, lightest, likeliest, linguist, littlest, liveliest, lobbyist, locust, longest, loudest, lowest, loyalist, luckiest, lyricist, machinist, manicurist, mannerist, masochist, materialist, meanest, medalist, mercantilist, merest, meteorologist, methodist, microbiologist, mightiest, mildest, mineralogist, misogynist, modernist, modest, monopolist, motorcyclist, motorist, musicologist, narrowest, nastiest, nationalist, naturalist, nearest, neatest, neediest, neurologist, neuroscientist, neutralist, newest, noblest, noisiest, noncommunist, nonconformist, noninterest, noticed, novelist, nutritionist, oboist, obstructionist, oddest, oldest, oncologist, ophthalmologist, opportunist, organist, orthodontist, orthopedist, pacifist, paleontologist, palest, panelist, pathologist, pessimist, pharmacist, photojournalist, physiologist, pianist, polemicist, poorest, populist, prefaced, prejudiced, premised, preservationist, prettiest, priciest, promised, propagandist, protagonist, protectionist, proudest, psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, psychologist, purchased, purest, quickest, quietest, quietist, racist, radiologist, rainforest, rainiest, rarest, receptionist, reddest, refocused, reforest, remotest, repurchased, reservationist, reservist, resurfaced, revolutionist, rheumatologist, richest, rightist, riskiest, ritziest, roughest, rudest, saddest, sadist, safest, satirist, savviest, scariest, scientist, secessionist, secularist, segregationist, seismologist, semifinalist, separatist, serologist, serviced, severest, sexiest, shakiest, shortest, showiest, shrewdest, sickest, silliest, simplest, skimpiest, skinniest, sleekest, slickest, slightest, slimmest, sloppiest, slowest, smallest, smartest, smoggiest, smoothest, socialist, sociologist, softest, soonest, soundest, specialist, spiritualist, stablest, staunchest, sternest, stickiest, stiffest, stormiest, strangest, strategist, strictest, strongest, stupidest, supremacist, surest, surfaced, survivalist, sweetest, swiftest, tallest, tannest, technologist, televangelist, terraced, theorist, thickest, thinnest, thorniest, tightest, tiniest, toniest, toughest, tourist, toxicologist, traditionalist, trendiest, trickiest, truest, ugliest, ultranationalist, unbiased, unfocused, unionist, unkindest, unnoticed, urologist, violinist, violist, virologist, vocalist, warmest, weakest, wealthiest, weirdest, wettest, whitest, widest, wildest, wisest, witnessed, worthiest, yellowest, youngest, zaniest, zoologist. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-h-h-i-i-l-n-o-p-p-r-s-t-t" | |
-4 letters: partitions, triathlons. | |
-5 letters: historian, horntails, naphthols, parotitis, partition, phthalins, posttrial, protistan, shirttail, siltation, striation, tithonias, triathlon. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-h-h-i-i-l-n-o-p-p-r-s-t-t" | |
+1 letter: philanthropists. | |
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