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Some French politicians also have been known to accept the largesse of Arab benefactors.

Kim Jong Un, who took over on the death of his father in December 2011, has had even less contact with his Beijing benefactors.

Although cities are the main focus of the project, Rodin says the main benefactors of the challenge are populations.

Cities in northern England are large benefactors of the trash demand.

As I listen to myself and the real Bert spew inanities, I feel terrible, as if I am mocking a world before its very benefactors.

The first cultivators of the vine, history praises as benefactors of mankind and propagators of civilization.

So Socrates must meet the fate of all benefactors who make themselves disliked and hated.

In everything which pertains to Art they were benefactors of the human race, and gave a great impulse to civilization.

They will remember the names and deeds of their foreign benefactors as well as of the American patriots of '76.

According to him Keats and Pushkin are benefactors not because of their beautiful verses, but because of other reasons.

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On this page you'll find 26 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to benefactors, such as: patron, promoter, philanthropist, backer, contributor, and protector.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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