almsgiver

English

Etymology

alms +‎ giver

Noun

almsgiver (plural almsgivers)

1. A giver of alms.

A small scale philanthropist or benefactor who consistently gives small amounts to those desperately in need.

Translations

giver of alms

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 施捨者／施舍者 (shīshě zhě), 施舍者 (shīshě zhě)

• Danish: almissegiver c (obsolete)
• Finnish: almujen antaminen
• Khmer: please add this translation if you can
• Lao: please add this translation if you can
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Nepali: please add this translation if you can
• Portuguese: esmoler m or f
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Tibetan: སྦྱིན་བདག (sbyin bdag)

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “almsgiver”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)