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In Charles Dickens' novel Great Expectations, who is Pip's anonymous benefactor?

benefactor

[ben-uh-fak-ter, ben-uh-fak-] / ˈbɛn əˌfæk tər, ˌbɛn əˈfæk- /


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Made in collaboration with designer and tailor Alex Navarro and stylist Alexandra Mandelkorn and paid for by a mysterious benefactor Monáe has called “a fairy Halloween mother.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026

If the company could not rely on a benefactor like Inouye, it would develop a stable of them.

From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026

Meanwhile, 16% of those expecting an inheritance haven’t discussed it at all with their hoped-for benefactor.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026

Castro is remembered by supporters as having guided Cuba through multiple crises -- US-backed invasions, embargoes, assassination plots and the intense hardship caused by the collapse of Cuba's main ally and benefactor, the Soviet Union.

From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026

“In their presence,” pursued Pumblechook, “I will tell you, young man, what to say to Joseph. Says you, “Joseph, I have this day seen my earliest benefactor and the founder of my fortun’s.

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens

Nearly every state in the U.S. has a version of California’s slayer statute, which effectively disinherits beneficiaries who’ve “feloniously and intentionally” killed their benefactors.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026

But persuading living benefactors to lift restrictions doesn’t always generate enough money to keep schools afloat.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026

The announcement "will include a series of measures to make political funding more transparent, including restrictions on donations from foreign-based benefactors", the paper says.

From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026

Supported by unnamed donors, he offers encouragement and religious-based morale boosts to politicians or their mutual benefactors.

From Salon ● Jun. 9, 2026

If Bobby could make millions, and if he continued tithing large amounts to the Church, he could emerge as one of the Church’s biggest benefactors.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady


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