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View synonyms for almsgiver
almsgiver
[ ahlmz-giv-er, ahmz- ]
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- alms·giv·ing noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of almsgiver1
First recorded in 1625–35; alms + giver ( def )
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Example Sentences
There was once a lady, and there never was such an almsgiver as she was.
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She does evil with the easy, graceful air of an almsgiver distributing charity, and she does good with the stealth of a criminal!
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The world, he held, owed him a living without the labour of his hands, and to him "the world" was Louis the perpetual almsgiver.
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Accordingly, one day he visited John the Almsgiver, with his attendants, and peremptorily demanded his money.
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He was a liberal almsgiver, and at the time of his death had nothing that was his own.
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