donor

Noun
  1. Person who makes a gift of property (synset 110045455)
    is a type of: benefactor, helper - a person who helps people or institutions (especially with financial help)
    subtypes:
    • abnegator - one who gives up or relinquishes or renounces something
    • almsgiver - a person who gives alms
    • indian giver - an offensive term for someone who asks you to return a present he has given you
    • altruist, philanthropist - someone who makes charitable donations intended to increase human well-being
    • settlor, trustor - (law) a person who creates a trust by giving real or personal property in trust to a trustee for the benefit of a beneficiary; a person who gives such property is said to settle it on the trustee
    • contributor, subscriber - someone who contributes (or promises to contribute) a sum of money
    • subsidiser, subsidizer - someone who assists or supports by giving a subsidy
    • tipper - a person who leaves a tip
    same as: bestower, conferrer, giver, presenter
  2. (medicine) someone who gives blood or tissue or an organ to be used in another person (the host) (synset 110045783)
    referred to in: medical specialty, medicine - the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques
    is a type of: benefactor, helper - a person who helps people or institutions (especially with financial help)
    subtypes:
    • blood donor - someone who gives blood to be used for transfusions
    • organ donor - someone from whom an organ is taken for transplantation

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