donor
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
donor /ˈdəʊnə, -nɔː/
▶noun
- 1 a person who donates something.
- 2 Chemistry an atom or molecule that provides a pair of electrons in forming a coordinate bond.
- 3 Physics an impurity atom in a semiconductor which contributes conducting electrons to the material.
– origin ME: from OFr. doneur, from L. donator, from donare ‘give’.
'donor' also found in these Oxford entries:
AID
- allograft
- blood donor
- chantry
- crossmatch
- cy-pres
- deed of covenant
- donor card
- homograft
- Lewis acid
- tied
- universal donor
- untied
- xenograft
