English to afrikaans meaning of

Die woordeboekbetekenis van die woord "filantroop" is 'n persoon wat poog om die welsyn van ander te bevorder, veral deur geld aan goeie sake te skenk en by liefdadigheidsaktiwiteite betrokke te raak. 'n Filantroop is iemand wat daartoe verbind is om die lewens van ander te verbeter, veral diegene wat minder bevoorreg is, en wat aktief betrokke is by die ondersteuning en bevordering van verskeie liefdadigheidssake.

Synonyms

  1. altruist

Sentence Examples

  1. A donation, a philanthropist delivering a series of paintings to a charity auction in aid of street kids, commissions he arranged himself with a mysterious up-and-coming European artist.
  2. The philanthropist too often surrounds mankind with the remembrance of his own cast-off griefs as an atmosphere, and calls it sympathy.
  3. There, surrounded by satin, his weathered face frozen in a waxy state of repose, lay the earthly remains of Wendell Cone, billionaire philanthropist and terrorist from beyond the grave.