Hypertext Webster Gateway: "donor"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
donor
n 1: person who makes a gift of property [syn: {giver}, {presenter}]
2: (medicine) someone who gives blood or tissue or an organ to
be used in another person (the host)
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