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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

donor
    n 1: person who makes a gift of property [syn: donor, giver,
         presenter, bestower, conferrer]
    2: (medicine) someone who gives blood or tissue or an organ to
       be used in another person (the host)

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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. Inverse of recipient.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. (Law) One who grants an estate; in later use, one who
      confers a power; -- the opposite of donee. --Kent.
      [1913 Webster]

            Touching, the parties unto deeds and charters, we
            are to consider as well the donors and granters as
            the donees or grantees.               --Spelman.
      [1913 Webster]

3. Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

DONOR. He who makes a gift. (q.v.)

Thesaurus Results for Donor:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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, vouchsafer

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