beneficiary
beneficiary is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Bestowed as a gratuity; as, beneficiary gifts.
- 2.A feudatory or vassal; hence, one who holds a benefice and uses its proceeds. Ayliffe.
- 3.One who receives anything as a gift; one who receives a benefit or advantage; esp. one who receives help or income from an educational fund or a trust estate. The rich men will be offering sacrifice to their Deity whose beneficiaries they are. Jer. Taylor.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- accept
- acceptance
- accipient
- accrue
- acquire
- acquisition
- admission
- admit
- almsman
- apparent
- assignee
- bestow
- catch
- come
- devisee
- donee
- estate
- fall
- feoffee
- for
- from
- gentry
- give
- given
- grantee
- hand
- have
- heir
- heiress
- heritor
- holder
- impropriator
- income
- inheritor
- inheritress
- inheritrix
- into
- introduction
- lady
- laird
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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