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donor
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun donor has 2 senses
- donor(n = noun.person) bestower, conferrer, giver, presenter - person who makes a gift of property; Array is a kind of benefactor, helper
- donor(n = noun.person) Array - (medicine) someone who gives blood or tissue or an organ to be used in another person (the host); Array is a kind of benefactor, helper
has particulars: abnegator, almsgiver, indian giver, altruist, philanthropist, settlor, trustor, contributor, subscriber, subsidiser, subsidizer, tipper
has particulars: blood donor, organ donor
OXFORD DICTIONARY
donor, n.
1 a person who gives or donates something (e.g. to a charity).
2 one who provides blood for a transfusion, semen for insemination, or an organ or tissue for transplantation.
3 Chem. an atom or molecule that provides a pair of electrons in forming a coordinate bond.
4 Physics an impurity atom in a semiconductor which contributes a conducting electron to the material.
1 a person who gives or donates something (e.g. to a charity).
2 one who provides blood for a transfusion, semen for insemination, or an organ or tissue for transplantation.
3 Chem. an atom or molecule that provides a pair of electrons in forming a coordinate bond.
4 Physics an impurity atom in a semiconductor which contributes a conducting electron to the material.
Idiom
donor card an official card authorizing use of organs for transplant, carried by the donor.
Etymology
ME f. AF donour, OF doneur f. L donator -oris f. donare give
THESAURUS
donor
Maecenas, Santa Claus, almoner, almsgiver, angel, assignor, awarder, backer, benefactor, benefactress, bestower, caterer, chandler, cheerful giver, commissariat, commissary, conferrer, consignor, contributor, donator, fairy godmother, feoffor, financer, funder, furnisher, giver, grantor, imparter, lady bountiful, manciple, merchant, patron, patroness, philanthropist, presenter, provider, provisioner, purveyor, quartermaster, retailer, settler, steward, stock clerk, storekeeper, subscriber, sugar daddy, supplier, supporter, sutler, testate, testator, testatrix, victualer, vivandier, vouchsaferROGET THESAURUS
donor
Giving
N giving, bestowal, bestowment, donation, presentation, presentment, accordance, concession, delivery, consignment, dispensation, communication, endowment, investment, investiture, award, almsgiving, charity, liberality, generosity, gift, donation, present, cadeau, fairing, free gift, boon, favor, benefaction, grant, offering, oblation, sacrifice, immolation, lagniappe, pilon, grace, act of grace, bonus, allowance, contribution, subscription, subsidy, tribute, subvention, bequest, legacy, devise, will, dotation, dot, appanage, voluntary settlement, voluntary conveyance, amortization, alms, largess, bounty, dole, sportule, donative, help, oblation, offertory, honorarium, gratuity, Peter pence, sportula, Christmas box, Easter offering, vail, douceur, drink money, pourboire, trinkgeld, bakshish, fee, consideration, bribe, bait, ground bait, peace offering, handsel, boodle, graft, grease, blat, giver, grantor, donor, feoffer, settlor, giving, given, allowed, allowable, concessional, communicable, charitable, eleemosynary, sportulary, tributary, gratis, donative, auctor pretiosa facit, ex dono, res est ingeniosa dare.
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