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单词 charitarian
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charitariann.

Etymology: compare humanitarian.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: chariˈtarian.
One who makes charity his ‘hobby’.
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society > society and the community > social attitudes > philanthropy > [noun] > charitableness or alms-giving > charitable person or almsgiver
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1859 F. Hall Contrib. Index Bibliogr. Indian Philos. Syst. Introd. 11 Some divine charitarian benevolently planted an eye in one of his feet.
1930 Time (U.S.) 17 Mar. 38/2 He is not so lavish a charitarian as was Brother-in-Law Bok.
1935 S. Lewis It can't happen Here xvii. 191 They offered the charitarians the same dollar a day that the proletarians received.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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