Other forms: philanthropists
A philanthropist is somebody who gives away wealth for the public good. A great philanthropist, the philanthropist's foundation, described as a philanthropist.
The word is claimed as much as earned, and the argument about it is old: giving away a fortune raises the question of how it was made, and a foundation lets the giver decide what the public good is. The Greek means loving people.
1nounphilanthropistSomebody who gives away wealth for the public good.
“A local philanthropist donated the money to build a new children's hospital.”
philanthropist is a person.
From philanthropy, from Greek philanthropos — philein, to love, plus anthropos, a human being.
Ancient Greek
φιλανθρωπία
Latin
philanthrōpia
English
philanthropy
English, today
philanthropist
From philanthropy + -ist. From philanthropy + -ist; compare French philanthrope. philanthropy Latin philanthrōpia, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek φιλανθρωπία. by surface analysis, phil- + -anthropy.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA