contributor

noun
/kənˈtɹɪb.jə.tɚ/

A benefactor; someone who donates to charity or some cause.

Example

“I am a longstanding financial contributor to Amnesty International.”

Other meanings

A person who backs, supports or champions a cause, activity or institution.
“He was a regular contributor to Greenpeace protests.”
A person (or thing) instrumental in the creation or growth of something.

Related words

contributorial
contributorship
contributress
multicontributor
noncontributor
supercontributor

Example sentences

“Industrialized agriculture is a major contributor to climate change.”
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Word history

From Latin "contribuō".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “contributor” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.