different between benefactor vs humanitarian
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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humanitarian
English
Etymology
From humanity +? -arian (suffix indicating an advocate of or believer in something), possibly modelled after Unitarian (“Christian who does not believe in the doctrine of the Trinity; pertaining to Unitarianism”) (see noun sense 2 and verb sense 2).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /hj??mæ.n??t??.??.?n/, [-??.?i.?n]
- (General American) IPA(key): /hju?mæ.n??t?.?i.?n/, /?hju?.mæ.n??t??.??.?n/
- Rhymes: -???i?n
- Hyphenation: hu?man?it?a?ri?an
Adjective
humanitarian (comparative more humanitarian, superlative most humanitarian)
- Concerned with people's welfare, and the alleviation of suffering; compassionate, humane.
- (Christianity, rare) Of or pertaining to the belief that Jesus Christ is fully human and not divine.
- (philosophy, historical) Synonym of humanist (“relating to humanism”)
Usage notes
- The Compact Oxford Dictionary from 1996 has a usage note criticizing use of humanitarian as in humanitarian disaster, saying "the adjective humanitarian is often used inaccurately by reporters, e.g This is the worst humanitarian disaster within living memory, as if humanitarian meant 'of or relating to humanity'", though the current entry given by OxfordDictionaries.com has a more tempered commentary: "The primary sense of humanitarian is 'concerned with or seeking to promote human welfare.' Since the 1930s, a new sense, exemplified by phrases such as the worst humanitarian disaster this country has seen, has been gaining currency, and is now broadly established, especially in journalism, although it is not considered good style by all".
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
humanitarian (plural humanitarians)
- A person concerned with people's welfare; a do-gooder or philanthropist.
- (Christianity, rare) One who believes that Jesus Christ is fully human and not divine.
- (philosophy, historical) Synonym of humanist (“a person who believes in the philosophy of humanism”)
Translations
References
Further reading
- humanitarian on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- humanitarian in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- humanitarian in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
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