donor

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: do=nor

OXFORD DICTIONARY

donor, n.
1 a person who gives or donates something (e.g. to a charity).
2 one who provides blood for a transfusion, semen for insemination, or an organ or tissue for transplantation.
3 Chem. an atom or molecule that provides a pair of electrons in forming a coordinate bond.
4 Physics an impurity atom in a semiconductor which contributes a conducting electron to the material.

Idiom

donor card an official card authorizing use of organs for transplant, carried by the donor.

Etymology

ME f. AF donour, OF doneur f. L donator -oris f. donare give

THESAURUS

donor

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

ROGET THESAURUS

donor

Giving

N giving, bestowal, bestowment, donation, presentation, presentment, accordance, concession, delivery, consignment, dispensation, communication, endowment, investment, investiture, award, almsgiving, charity, liberality, generosity, gift, donation, present, cadeau, fairing, free gift, boon, favor, benefaction, grant, offering, oblation, sacrifice, immolation, lagniappe, pilon, grace, act of grace, bonus, allowance, contribution, subscription, subsidy, tribute, subvention, bequest, legacy, devise, will, dotation, dot, appanage, voluntary settlement, voluntary conveyance, amortization, alms, largess, bounty, dole, sportule, donative, help, oblation, offertory, honorarium, gratuity, Peter pence, sportula, Christmas box, Easter offering, vail, douceur, drink money, pourboire, trinkgeld, bakshish, fee, consideration, bribe, bait, ground bait, peace offering, handsel, boodle, graft, grease, blat, giver, grantor, donor, feoffer, settlor, giving, given, allowed, allowable, concessional, communicable, charitable, eleemosynary, sportulary, tributary, gratis, donative, auctor pretiosa facit, ex dono, res est ingeniosa dare.