do|nor

do|nor «DOH nuhr», noun.

1. a person who gives; giver; contributor. A person who gives his blood for transfusion is a blood donor; a person from whose body an organ or other part is removed for transplantation is also called a donor.

2. Law. a person who gives an estate or confers a power.

3. the atom that supplies the two electrons to form a semipolar bond with an acceptor.

╂[< Anglo-French donour, Old French doneur < Latin dōnātor < dōnāre; see etym. under donation (Cf. ↑donation)]