Donor (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun
  1. a person who gives or donates.
  2. a person or animal providing blood, an organ, bone marrow cells, or other biological tissue for transfusion or transplantation: sperm donor; organ donor.
  3. a person who gives property by gift, legacy, or devise, or who confers a power of appointment.
adjective
  1. of or relating to the biological tissue of a donor: donor organ.
noun
  1. a person who makes a donation
  2. any person who voluntarily gives blood, skin, a kidney etc, for use in the treatment of another person
  3. law
    • a person who makes a gift of property
    • a person who bestows upon another a power of appointment over property
  4. the atom supplying both electrons in a coordinate bond
  5. an impurity, such as antimony or arsenic, that is added to a semiconductor material in order to increase its n-type conductivity by contributing free electrons
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