donor Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun person who makes a gift of property
    bestower; conferrer; giver; presenter.
  2. noun (medicine) someone who gives blood or tissue or an organ to be used in another person (the host)

WordNet

Do"nor noun
Etymology
F. donneur, OF. daneor, fr. donner. See Donee, and cf. Donator.
Definitions
  1. One who gives or bestows; one who confers anything gratuitously; a benefactor.
  2. (Law) One who grants an estate; in later use, one who confers a power; -- the opposite of donee. Kent.
    Touching, the parties unto deeds and charters, we are to consider as well the donors and granters as the donees or grantees. Spelman.

Webster 1913