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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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