## Meanings
1. A person who gains an advantage or benefit from something.
2. A person who receives money or property from a will, trust, or insurance policy.

## Examples
- Students are the main beneficiaries of the new free transport scheme.
- She named her two children as the beneficiaries of her life insurance.

## Antonyms
- maleficiary

## Derived Forms
- beneficiaryship
- nonbeneficiary

## Related Forms
- benefactor
- benefactress
- settlor
- trustee

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: beneficiarius
- Root: bénéficiaire

## Etymology
From Latin beneficiarius (“enjoying a favor, granted a privilege”) from beneficium (“benefit”), perhaps via or influenced by French bénéficiaire (“beneficiary”). Indirectly, by way of the etymology of the Latin word beneficium, the English word beneficiary ultimately has the same origin as the English word benefactor, its near antonym.

## AI Etymology
Beneficiary is from Latin beneficiarius (“enjoying a favor, granted a privilege”) from beneficium (“benefit”), perhaps via or influenced by French bénéficiaire (“beneficiary”). Indirectly, by way of the etymology of the Latin word beneficium, the English word beneficiary ultimately has the same origin as the English word benefactor, its near antonym. Important recorded forms include beneficiarius (Latin) and bénéficiaire (French). Current senses include a person who gains an advantage or benefit from something and a person who receives money or property from a will, trust, or insurance policy. The wider family includes derived forms such as beneficiaryship and nonbeneficiary; related words such as benefactor, benefactress, settlor, and trustee.

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