1. The recipient of funds or other benefits
   "The charity selected several beneficiaries for their annual grant program";
   - donee
    
2. The semantic role of the intended recipient who benefits from the happening denoted by the verb in the clause
   "In 'I baked a cake for Mary,' 'Mary' has the beneficiary";
   - benefactive role

1. Having or arising from a benefice
   "a beneficiary baron"

Derived forms: beneficiaries

Type of: participant role, receiver, recipient, semantic role

Encyclopedia: Beneficiary