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n. - A woman who leaves her estate or fortune to an institution.

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Usage examples (35)
  • "And now tell me who is the lady whom Mr. Brocklehurst called your benefactress?"
  • I shall be an old woman then, and should, it may be, have less objection to being known as his benefactress than at present.
  • "benefactress! benefactress!" said I inwardly: "they all call Mrs. Reed my benefactress; if so, a benefactress is a disagreeable thing."
  • I shall always think of you as my merciful benefactress.
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