"benefactress" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: benefactresses [plural]
Etymology: From benefactor + -ess. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|benefactor|ess<id:female>}} benefactor + -ess Head templates: {{en-noun}} benefactress (plural benefactresses)
  1. A female benefactor. Translations (female benefactor): εὐεργέτῐς (euergétis) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), مُتَبَرِّعَة (mutabarriʕa) [feminine] (Arabic), مُتَطَوِّعَة (mutaṭawwiʕa) [feminine] (Arabic), مُحْسِنَة (muḥsina) [feminine] (Arabic), xêrkar [feminine] (Northern Kurdish), dobrodziejka [feminine] (Polish)

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Alternative forms

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