donor

C1 Topic:People & Society

US /ˈdoʊnɚ/ UK /ˈdəʊnə/ See IPA manual

Freq #6695

Meanings

1

noun
A person who gives money or goods, especially to a charity.

The charity raised two thousand dollars from various donors.
2

noun
A person who gives blood, an organ, or tissue for use by someone else.

The hospital is always looking for blood donors.

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Synonyms

1 noun · a person who gives money or... conferrer

More donaterdonator

Word family

Forms donors

Derived forms ambassadonordiblingdonatordonorcycledonoressdonorlessdonorshipinterdonormegadonormultidonornecrodonornondonor

Related forms donee

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Phrases (1)

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blood donor
a person who gives blood for use in someone else's medical treatment

Noun + noun

Etymology

From Middle English donoure, donour; from Anglo-Norman donour, from Old French doneur (See French donneur).

*deh₃- Proto-Indo-European donoure Middle English donour xno doneur Old French

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# donor

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈdoʊnɚ/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈdəʊnə/
**Frequency rank:** 6695

## Meanings
1. A person who gives money or goods, especially to a charity.
2. A person who gives blood, an organ, or tissue for use by someone else.

## Examples
- The charity raised two thousand dollars from various donors.
- The hospital is always looking for blood donors.

## Synonyms
- donater
- donator

## Derived Forms
- ambassadonor
- dibling
- donator
- donorcycle
- donoress
- donorless
- donorship
- interdonor
- megadonor
- multidonor
- necrodonor
- nondonor

## Related Forms
- donee

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *deh₃-
- Root: donoure
- Root: donour
- Root: doneur

## Etymology
From Middle English donoure, donour; from Anglo-Norman donour, from Old French doneur (See French donneur).

## AI Etymology
Donor comes from Middle English donoure, donour; from Anglo-Norman donour, from Old French doneur (See French donneur). The historical chain includes *deh₃- (Proto-Indo-European), donoure (Middle English), donour (Anglo-Norman), and doneur (Old French). The surrounding word family includes derived forms such as ambassadonor, dibling, donator, and donorcycle and related forms such as donee. In present use it covers a person who gives money or goods, especially to a charity and a person who gives blood, an organ, or tissue for use by someone else.

## Topics
- People & Society
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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