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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
do·nor       [doh-ner] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.a person who gives or donates.
2.Medicine/Medical. a person or animal providing blood, an organ, bone marrow cells, or other biological tissue for transfusion or transplantation.
3.Law. a person who gives property by gift, legacy, or devise, or who confers a power of appointment.
–adjective
4.of or pertaining to the biological tissue of a donor: donor organ.

[Origin: 1400–50; late ME donour < AF (OF doneur) < L dōnātor, equiv. to dōnā(re) (see donation) + -tor -tor]

do·nor·ship, noun

1. supporter, contributor, sponsor, patron.
American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
do·nor       (dō'nər)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. One that contributes something, such as money, to a cause or fund.
  2. Medicine An individual from whom blood, tissue, or an organ is taken for transfusion, implantation, or transplant.
  3. Chemistry An atom, molecule, or ion that provides a part to combine with an acceptor, especially an atom that provides two electrons to form a bond with another atom.
  4. Electronics An element introduced into a semiconductor with a negative valence greater than that of the pure semiconductor.

adj.   Medicine
Used for transfusion, implantation, or transplant: a donor organ.


[Middle English, from Anglo-Norman donour, from Latin dōnātor, from dōnāre, to give; see donation.]

Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
donor 
c.1439, from Anglo-Fr. donour, from O.Fr. doneur, from L. donatorem (nom. donator), from donare "give as a gift." Of blood, from 1910; of organs or tissues, from 1918.

WordNet - Cite This Source - Share This
donor

noun
1. person who makes a gift of property 
2. (medicine) someone who gives blood or tissue or an organ to be used in another person (the host) 

The American Heritage Science Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
donor       (dō'nər)  Pronunciation Key 
  1. An atom or molecule that releases one or more electrons to another atom or molecule, resulting in a chemical bond or flow of electric current. Compare acceptor. See also electron carrier.
  2. An individual from whom blood, tissue, or an organ is taken for transfusion, implantation, or transplant.

American Heritage Stedman's Medical Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

donor do·nor (dō'nər)
n.

  1. One from whom blood, tissue, or an organ is taken for use in a transfusion or transplant.
  2. A chemical compound that can transfer an atom, a radical, or a particle to an acceptor.

Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law - Cite This Source - Share This
Main Entry: do·nor
Pronunciation: 'dO-n&r, -"nor
Function: noun
: one that gives, donates, grants, or confers something; specifically : SETTLOR

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

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.

2. (Law) One who grants an estate; in later use, one who confers a power; -- the opposite of donee. --Kent.

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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