Hypernym

donor 1

noun

person who makes a gift of property

Instance_Hypernym

Carnegie 2

noun

United States industrialist and philanthropist who endowed education and public libraries and research trusts (1835-1919)

Cooper 1

noun

United States industrialist who built the first American locomotive; founded Cooper Union in New York City to offer free courses in the arts and sciences (1791-1883)

Cornell 2

noun

United States businessman who unified the telegraph system in the United States and who in 1865 (with Andrew D. White) founded Cornell University (1807-1874)

Guggenheim 1

noun

United States philanthropist; son of Meyer Guggenheim who created several foundations to support the arts (1861-1949)

Harvard 2

noun

American philanthropist who left his library and half his estate to the Massachusetts college that now bears his name (1607-1638)

philanthropist 1

noundomain: person

Princeton WordNet [ver.3.1]

English

Definition

someone who makes charitable donations intended to increase human well-being

Synonyms

altruist 1
someone who makes charitable donations intended to increase human well-being

Derivationally related form

philanthropy 1

noun

voluntary promotion of human welfare

Instance_Hyponym

Carnegie 2

noun

United States industrialist and philanthropist who endowed education and public libraries and research trusts (1835-1919)

Cooper 1

noun

United States industrialist who built the first American locomotive; founded Cooper Union in New York City to offer free courses in the arts and sciences (1791-1883)

Cornell 2

noun

United States businessman who unified the telegraph system in the United States and who in 1865 (with Andrew D. White) founded Cornell University (1807-1874)

Guggenheim 1

noun

United States philanthropist; son of Meyer Guggenheim who created several foundations to support the arts (1861-1949)

Harvard 2

noun

American philanthropist who left his library and half his estate to the Massachusetts college that now bears his name (1607-1638)