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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. person who makes a gift of property;
[syn: donor, giver, presenter, bestower, conferrer]

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


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Donor \Do"nor\, n. [F. donneur, OF. daneor, fr. donner. See Donee, and cf. Donator.] 1. One who gives or bestows; one who confers anything gratuitously; a benefactor. Inverse of recipient. [1913 Webster] 2. (Law) One who grants an estate; in later use, one who confers a power; -- the opposite of donee. --Kent. [1913 Webster] Touching, the parties unto deeds and charters, we are to consider as well the donors and granters as the donees or grantees. --Spelman. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

donor n 1: person who makes a gift of property [syn: donor, giver, presenter, bestower, conferrer] 2: (medicine) someone who gives blood or tissue or an organ to be used in another person (the host)