1.
[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.
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Touching, the parties unto deeds and charters, we
are to consider as well the donors and granters as
the donees or grantees. --Spelman.
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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)