Preposition: of

• mankind: He was, he claimed, going to use the money for which he committed murder, to become a benefactor of mankind.

• church: The Earl was the sole benefactor of the new church ( pictured right ).

• town: He was to become one of the greatest benefactors of the town.

• race: He is, as John Bennett Shaw used to say, a benefactor of the race.

• people: She was a great benefactor of the people of Merthyr.

• hospital: Thomas Guy, the founder and benefactor of the hospital, was a wealthy bookseller and a governor of St Thomas ' Hospital.

Converse of subject

• fund: Other small community hospitals were funded by local benefactors donating the full cost of the building to the town in trust.

• give: The College " endowment " includes both the College's general and corporate capital and various trust funds given by benefactors for specific purposes.

Converse of object

• become: Joseph Jones, together with his brother John, became benefactors of the Library classes.

• find: Unfortunately, I haven't yet found a rich benefactor to cover the costs of this site, or the research I do.

• have: We also have a very generous benefactor in the Civil Service Insurance Society.

• call: Who is called benefactors as the whether republicans offer.

Adjective modifier

• generous: Generous benefactors have helped in all sorts of ways.

• wealthy: Assistance to the needy was often left to wealthy benefactors.

• anonymous: Lastly, an anonymous benefactor donated a bottle of wine over the weekend with which to toast Ernie Pick.

• mysterious: The stories of mysterious benefactors in secret locations only went to further compound these thoughts.

• noble: The town's rich history features Roman settlers, royal prisoners, outlaws and noble benefactors.

• liberal: He died soon after the year 1154, 6 and was buried in Furness abbey, to which he had been a liberal benefactor.

Noun used with modifier

• kind: Although Foxe hunted high and low for his kind benefactor, he never found out who he was.

• century: Praise be to Gregory the Great, our 6th century benefactor who started the ball rolling.