donor
One who makes a donation.
Example
“The charity raised $2,000 from various donors.”
Other meanings
An object, typically broken beyond repair, that is used for spare parts.
A group or molecule that donates either a radical, electrons or a moiety in a chemical reaction. Compare acceptor.
“a carbonyl donor molecule”
Related words
- ambassadonor
- dibling
- donorcycle
- donorless
- donorship
- interdonor
- multidonor
- necrodonor
- nondonor
- phosphodonor
- superdonor
- donor class
Example sentences
Word history
From Old French "doneur".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “donor” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.