"donor" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈdoʊnɚ/ [General-American], /ˈdəʊnə/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-donor.ogg [US] Forms: donors [plural]
Rhymes: (General American) -oʊnəɹ, (Received Pronunciation) -əʊnə Etymology: From Middle English donoure, donour; from Anglo-Norman donour, from Old French doneur (See French donneur). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*deh₃-}}, {{inh|en|enm|donoure}} Middle English donoure, {{m|enm|donour}} donour, {{der|en|xno|donour}} Anglo-Norman donour, {{der|en|fro|doneur}} Old French doneur, {{cog|fr|donneur}} French donneur Head templates: {{en-noun}} donor (plural donors)
  1. One who makes a donation. Categories (topical): People Translations (one who donates): مُتَبَرِّع (mutabarriʕ) [masculine] (Arabic), дари́тел (darítel) [masculine] (Bulgarian), donador [masculine] (Catalan), donadora [feminine] (Catalan), donant [feminine, masculine] (Catalan), 捐贈者 (Chinese Mandarin), 捐赠者 (juānzèngzhě) (Chinese Mandarin), dárce [masculine] (Czech), schenker [masculine] (Dutch), donor [masculine] (Dutch), donanto (Esperanto), lahjoittaja (Finnish), donateur [masculine] (French), donneur [feminine] (French), doador [masculine] (Galician), doadora [feminine] (Galician), doante [feminine, masculine] (Galician), Spender [masculine] (German), Spenderin [feminine] (German), תורם (torem) [masculine] (Hebrew), תורמת (toremet) [feminine] (Hebrew), بَخْشَنْدِه (baxšande) (Iranian Persian), donante [masculine] (Italian), 寄贈者 (kizōsha) (alt: きぞうしゃ) (Japanese), 기부자 (gibuja) (alt: 寄附者) (Korean), 기증자 (gijeungja) (alt: 寄贈者) (Korean), donator [masculine] (Latin), ദായകൻ (dāyakaṉ) [masculine] (Malayalam), ദാതാവ് (dātāvŭ) (Malayalam), bexşîner [neuter] (Northern Kurdish), donador [masculine] (Occitan), donaire [masculine] (Occitan), balhaire [masculine] (Occitan), darczyńca (Polish), ofiarodawca [masculine] (Polish), dawca [masculine] (Polish), doador (Portuguese), donator [masculine] (Romanian), же́ртвователь (žértvovatelʹ) [masculine] (Russian), до́нор (dónor) [masculine] (Russian), дона́тор (donátor) [masculine] (Russian), да́валац [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), dávalac [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), donador [masculine] (Spanish), donante [feminine, masculine] (Spanish), givare [common-gender] (Swedish), donator [common-gender] (Swedish), bağışçı (Turkish), donör (Turkish), verici (Turkish), до́нор (dónor) [masculine] (Ukrainian), до́норка (dónorka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), жертвода́вець (žertvodávecʹ) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-donor-en-noun--B94v09e Disambiguation of People: 40 18 42 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 40 44 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 25 35 40 Disambiguation of 'one who donates': 53 18 30
  2. An object, typically broken beyond repair, that is used for spare parts. Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-donor-en-noun-CQZsAeOa Disambiguation of People: 40 18 42 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 40 44 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 25 35 40
  3. (chemistry) A group or molecule that donates either a radical, electrons or a moiety in a chemical reaction. Compare acceptor. Categories (topical): Chemistry, People
    Sense id: en-donor-en-noun-bA1nXx~- Disambiguation of People: 40 18 42 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 40 44 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 25 35 40 Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: donater [person], donator [person], donour [obsolete] Related terms: donee

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      "code": "oc",
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      "code": "fa-ira",
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      "sense": "one who donates",
      "word": "بَخْشَنْدِه"
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      "sense": "one who donates",
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      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "one who donates",
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      "sense": "one who donates",
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      "word": "dawca"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "one who donates",
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      "sense": "one who donates",
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      "roman": "donátor",
      "sense": "one who donates",
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    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "one who donates",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "sh",
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      "sense": "one who donates",
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "one who donates",
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      "code": "es",
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      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "one who donates",
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      "code": "tr",
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      "word": "bağışçı"
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      "code": "tr",
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      "sense": "one who donates",
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "one who donates",
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      "roman": "dónorka",
      "sense": "one who donates",
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      "code": "uk",
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      "roman": "žertvodávecʹ",
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