A person who helps people or institutions (especially with financial help).

synonym: helper.

Roget 912: benefactor, savior, good genius, tutelary saint, guardian angel, good Samaritan; pater patriae [Lat.]; salt of the earth etc. (good man);; 948; auxiliary etc. 711.    ... show more

Roget 948: good man, honest man, worthy.    good woman, perfect lady, Madonna.    model, paragon etc. (perfection) 650; good example; hero, heroine, demigod, seraph, angel; innocent etc. 946; saint etc. (piety) 987; benefactor etc. 912; philanthropist etc. 910; Aristides^†; noble liver^†, pattern.    brick [Slang], trump [Slang], gem, jewel, good fellow, prince, diamond in the rough, rough diamond, ugly duckling^†.    salt of the earth; one in ten thousand; one in a million; a gentleman and a scholar; pillar of society, pillar of the community, a man among men.    ... show more

Dutch: weldoener, helpster, helper, begunstiger
Polish: wspomożyciel, dobrodziej, dobroczyńca