Definitions for donor

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donor do·nor

Spelling: [doh-ner]

IPA: /ˈdoʊ nər/

Donor is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 7 points.

You can make 41 anagrams from letters in donor (dnoor).

Definitions for donor

noun

1. a person who gives or donates.
2. Medicine/Medical. a person or animal providing blood, an organ, bone marrow cells, or other biological tissue for transfusion or transplantation: sperm donor; organ donor.
3. Law. 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:

Origin of donor

1400-50; late Middle English donour Anglo-French (Old French doneur) Latin dōnātor, equivalent to dōnā(re) (see donation) + -tor -tor

Examples for donor

Underneath, on one side, kneels the donor, behind him stands S. Jerome.

To gauge his level of truthfulness, I asked, “So, you wouldn't mind if I included your donor identification number in the story?”

But luckily, between 2009 and 2011, two of his donor children, Emily and Devin, found him via the DSR.

Wendy Kramer is co-founder, with her donor-conceived son Ryan, of the donor Sibling Registry (DSR).

In this case the donor had escaped, as by a miracle, from a stroke of lightning.

For this reason and others, some countries limit the number of offspring a donor can create.

It is proposed that the donor of the amount name the hall at his discretion.

I am expecting,” he said, “that the donor will be paying us a visit here soon.

They would be cherished, not only for their own sake, but for that of the donor.

What Florida donor is going to give to Rubio and not Bush?