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benefactor
English
Alternative forms
- benefactour (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English benefactor, borrowed from Medieval Latin benefactor (“he who bestows a favor”), from Latin benefaci? (“benefit someone”), from bene (“good”) + faci? (“do, make”).
Pronunciation
- (General American) enPR: b?n'?f?kt?r, IPA(key): /?b?n??fækt?/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?b?n??fakt?/
- Hyphenation: ben?e?fac?tor
Noun
benefactor (plural benefactors, feminine benefactress or benefactoress or benefactrix)
- Somebody who gives a gift, often money to a charity.
- Someone who performs good or noble deeds.
Related terms
- benefactive
- benefactress
- benefactrix
- beneficiary (near antonym)
- beneficent
Translations
Catalan
Alternative forms
- benfactor
Etymology
From Late Latin benefactor.
Noun
benefactor m (plural benefactors, feminine benefactora)
- benefactor
Related terms
- malfactor, malefactor
Further reading
- “benefactor” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “benefactor” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “benefactor” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “benefactor” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Latin
Etymology
From benefaci? or benefactus +? -tor.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /be.ne?fak.tor/, [b?n??fäkt??r]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /be.ne?fak.tor/, [b?n??f?kt??r]
Noun
benefactor m (genitive benefact?ris); third declension
- (Late Latin) benefactor; one who confers a favour
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Antonyms
- malefactor
Related terms
- benefactus
Descendants
References
- benefactor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- benefactor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin benefactor, from Latin benefacio. Compare the inherited doublet bienhechor.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /benefa??to?/, [be.ne.fa???t?o?]
- Hyphenation: be?ne?fac?tor
Noun
benefactor m (plural benefactores, feminine benefactora, feminine plural benefactoras)
- benefactor
Related terms
- bienfacer
Further reading
- “benefactor” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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author
English
Alternative forms
- authour (obsolete)
- auctor (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English auctour, from Anglo-Norman autour, from Old French autor, from Latin auctor, from auge? (“to increase, originate”). The h, also found in English autheur, is unetymological as there is no h in the original Latin spelling. The OED attributes the h to contamination by authentic.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /???.??/
- (General American) IPA(key): /??.??/
- (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /??.??/
- (obsolete) IPA(key): /???.t??/
- Rhymes: -????(r)
- Hyphenation: au?thor
Noun
author (plural authors)
- The originator or creator of a work, especially of a literary composition.
- 1661, John Fell, The Life of the most learned, reverend and pious Dr. H. Hammond
- During the whole time of his abode in the university he generally spent thirteen hours of the day in study; by which assiduity besides an exact dispatch of the whole course of philosophy, he read over in a manner all classic authors that are extant […]
- 1755, Samuel Johnson, A Dictionary of the English Language Preface
- The chief glory of every people arises from its authors.
- (with definite article: "the author") I, me. used in academic articles instead of a first-person pronoun.
- 1661, John Fell, The Life of the most learned, reverend and pious Dr. H. Hammond
- During the whole time of his abode in the university he generally spent thirteen hours of the day in study; by which assiduity besides an exact dispatch of the whole course of philosophy, he read over in a manner all classic authors that are extant […]
- 1661, John Fell, The Life of the most learned, reverend and pious Dr. H. Hammond
- Someone who writes books for a living.
- (obsolete, criminal law) Principal.
- (obsolete) One's authority for something: an informant.
- 1699, Seven new Colloquies translated out of Erasmus
- Let me inform you en passant, Ladies, that those Villains the Heathens, as my Authors tell me, (and I thought it wou'd[sic] not be amiss to communicate such a nice Observation to this House) used to call our Saviour Chrestus, and not Christus, by way of Contempt and Derision […]
- 1699, Seven new Colloquies translated out of Erasmus
Synonyms
- (creator of a work): bookwright, creator, artist, subcreator, fabulator, writer
Derived terms
- authoress, authress
- author of life
Related terms
- authorization or authorisation
- authority
- authorship
- auteur
Translations
Verb
author (third-person singular simple present authors, present participle authoring, simple past and past participle authored)
- (chiefly US, sometimes proscribed) To create a work as its author.
Derived terms
- authorable
Translations
Anagrams
- Hotaru
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?au?.t?or/, [?äu?t???r]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?au?.tor/, [???u?t??r]
Noun
author m (genitive auth?ris); third declension
- (proscribed) Alternative form of auctor
Declension
Third-declension noun.
References
- author in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
auctor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press - auctor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette, page 184f.
Middle English
Noun
author
- Alternative form of auctour
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