Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who bestows; a giver; a disposer.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One that bestows.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who
bestows
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun person who makes a gift of property
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Examples
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Who killeth them, him will they call a bestower of life; who turneth away from them, him will they regard as turning towards them; who denieth their message, him will they consider as one acknowledging its truth.
Selections from the Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá 1844-1921 `Abdu'l-Bah�� 1882
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Granted, you don't exactly haemorrhage votes in France by assuming the mantle of serial bestower of Hermès scarves the traditional mistress gift.
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Beauty was vital to the cathedral if it were to adequately symbolize the celestial City, and indeed beauty pointed to God who was the bestower of all created beauty and in whose Beauty all beautiful things participated.
The Theology and Metaphysics of the Gothic Cathedral - part 3 2009
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On the Daily Politics, Jeremy Hunt, secretary of state for culture and bestower of commercial treats to Rupert Murdoch, was questioned by Andrew Neil about Big Dave not seeming to realise that EU competition law will apply to the NHS under the Lansley reforms.
Hugh Muir's diary 2011
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TOMORROW: Our fearless leader and bestower of buses Arianna Huffington stops by Morning Joe.
HUFFPOST HILL - OCTOBER 28TH, 2010 The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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Granted, you don't exactly haemorrhage votes in France by assuming the mantle of serial bestower of Hermès scarves the traditional mistress gift.
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My homeboy Greg (fellow gamer and bestower of my prized Conan Mego figure, aka "Acorndog") sent me this page from Conan #13, page 2.
Archive 2009-05-01 Reis O'Brien 2009
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TOMORROW: Our fearless leader and bestower of buses Arianna Huffington stops by Morning Joe.
HUFFPOST HILL - OCTOBER 28TH, 2010 The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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"Legitimacy" and recognition will depend on the ideology of the bestower.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009
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"Legitimacy" and recognition will depend on the ideology of the bestower.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009
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