Beneficient
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˌbɛnəˈfɪʃənt/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Beneficient is an adjective meaning (sometimes proscribed) beneficent.
Meaning
(sometimes proscribed) beneficent.
Example Sentences
1981, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, Writers in Politics: Essays, London: Heinemann, Part 1, Chapter 3, p. 47, And not the least, they smashed the racialist view of peasants as uncultured recipients of cultures from beneficient foreigners.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include beneficious, beneficial, benefitable, propitious, good, advantageous.
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