Definition of donor Donor

/dowˈnɚ/ - [downer] - do•nor

We found 8 definitions of donor from 5 different sources.

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WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

Noun

Plural: donors

donor - person who makes a gift of property
  giver, presenter, bestower, conferrer
  benefactor, helper a person who helps people or institutions (especially with financial help)
  abnegator one who gives up or relinquishes or renounces something
  almsgiver a person who gives alms
  indian giver an offensive term for someone who asks you to return a present he has given you
  altruist, philanthropist someone who makes charitable donations intended to increase human well-being
  settlor, trustor (law) a person who creates a trust by giving real or personal property in trust to a trustee for the benefit of a beneficiary; a person who gives such property is said to settle it on the trustee
  contributor, subscriber a writer whose work is published in a newspaper or magazine or as part of a book
  subsidiser, subsidizer someone who assists or supports by giving a subsidy
donor - (medicine) someone who gives blood or tissue or an organ to be used in another person (the host)
  benefactor, helper a person who helps people or institutions (especially with financial help)
  medical specialty, medicine the learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries; "he studied medicine at Harvard"
  blood donor someone who gives blood to be used for transfusions
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Wiktionary Wiktionary dictionary logo

  • donor (Noun)
    One who donates, typically, money.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • donor (n.)
    One who gives or bestows; one who confers anything gratuitously; a benefactor.
  • donor (n.)
    One who grants an estate; in later use, one who confers a power; -- the opposite of donee.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

  • donor
    Someone who donates.
  • donor
    One who gives.

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