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–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

]

—Related forms

do·nor·ship, noun

—Synonyms 1. supporter, contributor, sponsor, patron.

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n.

One that contributes something, such as money, to a cause or fund.
Medicine An individual from whom blood, tissue, or an organ is taken for transfusion, implantation, or transplant.
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.
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.]

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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.

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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)

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donor [ˈdounə] noun

a giver of a gift or of a part of the body used to replace a diseased part of someone else's body
Example: The new piano in the hall is the gift of an anonymous donor; a kidney donor; a blood donor

Arabic:	مُتَبَرِّع
Chinese (Simplified):	捐赠人；供体
Chinese (Traditional):	捐贈人；供體
Czech:	dárce
Danish:	donor; -donor
Dutch:	gever, donor
Estonian:	kinkija, doonor
Finnish:	lahjoittaja, luovuttaja
French:	donateur, -trice; donneur, -euse
German:	der Spender
Greek:	δωρητής
Hungarian:	adományozó, donor
Icelandic:	-gjafi; gefandi
Indonesian:	penyumbang
Italian:	donatore, donatrice

Japanese:	寄付者
Korean:	기부자, 장기 제공자
Latvian:	ziedotājs; donors
Lithuanian:	aukotojas, donoras
Norwegian:	giver, donator; donor
Polish:	dawca, ofiarodawca
Portuguese (Brazil):	doador
Portuguese (Portugal):	doador
Romanian:	donor; donator
Russian:	даритель; донор
Slovak:	darca, -kyňa
Slovenian:	darovalec
Spanish:	donante
Swedish:	donator, givare
Turkish:	bağışçı

See also: donation, donate, "donor" in any language

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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.
An individual from whom blood, tissue, or an organ is taken for transfusion, implantation, or transplant.