DONOR

donor, giver, presenter, bestower, conferrer

(noun) person who makes a gift of property

donor

(noun) (medicine) someone who gives blood or tissue or an organ to be used in another person (the host)

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

donor (plural donors)

One who makes a donation.

(chemistry) A group or molecule that donates either a radical, electrons or a moiety in a chemical reaction. Compare acceptor.

Synonyms

• (person): donater, donator

Anagrams

• Noord, rondo

Source: Wiktionary


Do"nor, n. Etym: [F. donneur, OF. daneor, fr. donner. See Donee, and cf. Donator.]

1. One who gives or bestows; one who confers anything gratuitously; a benefactor.

2. (Law)

Definition: One who grants an estate; in later use, one who confers a power; -- the opposite of donee. Kent. Touching, the parties unto deeds and charters, we are to consider as well the donors and granters as the donees or grantees. Spelman.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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