PHILANTHROPIST in a Sentence
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Example sentences for PHILANTHROPIST, such as:
1. As for myself, I first heard you spoken of by my friend Wilmore, the philanthropist.
2. Scrooge was an ungenerous old skinflint until he reformed his ways and became a notable philanthropist.
3. Its successes were the result of hard work, supplemented by the aid of philanthropists and the eager striving of black men.
2. Scrooge was an ungenerous old skinflint until he reformed his ways and became a notable philanthropist.
3. Its successes were the result of hard work, supplemented by the aid of philanthropists and the eager striving of black men.
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Meanings and Examples of PHILANTHROPIST
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philanthropist
n. person who loves mankind in general; very generous person or institution
Classic Sentence:
1 As for myself, I first heard you spoken of by my friend Wilmore, the philanthropist.
2 And he flung into his wife's apron the five-franc piece which the "philanthropist" had left with him.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 8: CHAPTER XII—THE USE MADE OF M. LEBLANC'S FIVE-FRANC PIECE
Context Highlight In BOOK 8: CHAPTER XII—THE USE MADE OF M. LEBLANC'S FIVE-FRANC PIECE
3 He has won a worthy reputation as one of the great leaders of his race, widely known and much respected at home and abroad as an accomplished educator, a great orator, and a true philanthropist.
4 Its successes were the result of hard work, supplemented by the aid of philanthropists and the eager striving of black men.
5 Nowhere, I think, could a more delightful location have been chosen for this unique educational experiment, which has attracted the attention and won the support even of conservative philanthropists in all sections of the country.
6 How much this accident meant to Jurgis he realized only by stages; for he found that the harvester works were the sort of place to which philanthropists and reformers pointed with pride.
Example Sentence:
1 In his role as philanthropist and public benefactor, John D. Rockefeller, Sr., donated millions to charity; as an individual, however, he was a tight-fisted old man.
2 Scrooge was an ungenerous old skinflint until he reformed his ways and became a notable philanthropist.