donor
pronunciation
How to pronounce donor in British English:
UK [ˈdəʊnə(r)]
How to pronounce donor in American English:
US [ˈdoʊnər]
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- Noun:
- person who makes a gift of property
- (medicine) someone who gives blood or tissue or an organ to be used in another person (the host)
Word Origin
- donor (n.)
- mid-15c., from Anglo-French donour, Old French doneur (Modern French donneur), from Latin donatorem (nominative donator) "giver, donor," agent noun from past participle stem of donare "give as a gift" (see donation). Of blood, from 1910; of organs or tissues, from 1918.
Example
- 1. Mr. zuckerberg emerged as a major donor this year .
- 2. The unnamed donor did not express solidarity with the movement 's economic message .
- 3. Breslin plays a daughter conceived as a donor for her older sister , who has leukemia .
- 4. The cells looked like those from normal embryos , but with mitochondria exclusively from the donor .
- 5. The average distance from donor to demonstration for donations given to any campaign is 862.5 miles .