donor
UK /ˈdəʊnə/ · US /ˈdoʊnɚ/ noun
Forms donors donour
- noun One who makes a donation. “The charity raised $2,000 from various donors.”
- noun An object, typically broken beyond repair, that is used for spare parts.
- noun (chemistry) A group or molecule that donates either a radical, electrons or a moiety in a chemical reaction. Compare acceptor. “a carbonyl donor molecule”
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Etymology
From Middle English donoure, donour; from Anglo-Norman donour, from Old French doneur (See French donneur).
Webster’s 1913
- noun One who gives or bestows; one who confers anything gratuitously; a benefactor.
- noun One who grants an estate; in later use, one who confers a power; --the opposite of donee. Kent.
Etymology [F. donneur, OF. daneor, fr. donner. See Donee, and cf. Donator.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “donor”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details