Donor
['dəʊnə;-nɔː] or ['donɚ]
Definition
(noun.) person who makes a gift of property.
(noun.) (medicine) someone who gives blood or tissue or an organ to be used in another person (the host).
Inputed by Jeff--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) One who gives or bestows; one who confers anything gratuitously; a benefactor.
(n.) One who grants an estate; in later use, one who confers a power; -- the opposite of donee.
Checker: Rupert
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Giver, bestower, disposer, DONATOR.
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Examples
- As to his ugly, old, red pocket-handkerchief, I gave it to my footman, and told the donor that I had done so. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- And at the rate of that handsome sum of money per annum, and at no higher rate, you are to live until the donor of the whole appears. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
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