A donor is someone who gives a part of their body or some of their blood to be used by doctors to help a person who is ill.
Doctors removed the healthy kidney from the donor.
2. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun]
Donor organs or parts are organs or parts of the body which people allow doctors to use to help people who are ill.
3. countable noun
A donor is a person or organization who gives something, especially money, to a charity, organization, or country that needs it.
Donor countries are becoming more choosy about which countries they are preparedto help.
More Synonyms of donor
donor in British English
(ˈdəʊnə)
noun
1.
a person who makes a donation
2. medicine
any person who voluntarily gives blood, skin, a kidney, etc, for use in the treatment of another person
3. law
a.
a person who makes a gift of property
b.
a person who bestows upon another a power of appointment over property
4.
the atom supplying both electrons in a coordinate bond
5.
an impurity, such as antimony or arsenic, that is added to a semiconductor material in order to increase its n-type conductivity by contributing free electrons
Compare acceptor (sense 2)
Derived forms
donorship (ˈdonorˌship)
noun
Word origin
C15: from Old French doneur, from Latin dōnātor, from dōnāre to give
donor in American English
(ˈdoʊnər; ˈdoʊˌnɔr)
noun
1.
a person who donates; giver
2.
one from whom blood for transfusion, tissue for grafting, etc. is taken
3.
an atom that contributes a pair of electrons to another atom to form a covalent bond with it
Word origin
ME & Anglo-Fr donour < L donator
COBUILD Collocations
donor
generous donor
suitable donor
Examples of 'donor' in a sentence
donor
The other disturbing thing is the nature of the treatment donors are helping to fund.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
Save up, maybe ask your family to help, but only use a screened donor.
The Sun (2017)
If not done swiftly, the donor kidney becomes damaged, because it does not have a blood supply from the patient.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
It therefore matters when a charity fails its donors.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
They held him for more than five months until an anonymous donor paid his ransom.
Christianity Today (2000)
The tax is tapered depending on how soon after the gift the donor dies.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The number of potential donors is literally a matter of life and death.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
What are your feelings about being a blood donor?
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
They would remove the donor heart and allow her original one to take over.
The Sun (2006)
The party has also accepted money from donors who would set alarm bells ringing elsewhere.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
He is also heading the fundraising campaign to find other donors.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
But it is also upsetting to know that you have missed out again on a donor kidney.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Should we consider known or anonymous donors?
Martin, April The Guide to Lesbian and Gay Parenting (1993)
The house was invariably crammed with rich benefactors and potential donors.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Publication of the results prompted improvements in blood donor reception areas.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The donors made their gift anonymously and it is not known whether they have beentold of the birth.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
He is a notable charity donor.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Although we are the fifth largest economy, we are the third biggest aid donor.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Only a few tools are needed to remove the donor car's body panels and fit the new kit.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Two ends of the spinal cord would be fused together when the recipient's head is moved to the donor body.
The Sun (2015)
Parental DNA is then transferred to a donor embryo with healthy mitochondria.
The Sun (2016)
Hundreds, if not thousands, of couples are already going abroad for egg donor treatments and that simply is not right.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
In other languages
donor
British English: donor /ˈdəʊnə/ NOUN
A donor is someone who gives a part of their body or some of their blood to be used by doctors to help a person who is ill.
...a blood donor.
American English: donor
Arabic: مَانِح
Brazilian Portuguese: doador
Chinese: 捐献者
Croatian: donator
Czech: dárce
Danish: donor
Dutch: donor
European Spanish: donante
Finnish: luovuttaja
French: donneur
German: Spender
Greek: δωρητής
Italian: donatore
Japanese: ドナー
Korean: 기증자
Norwegian: donor
Polish: dawca
European Portuguese: doador
Romanian: donator
Russian: донор
Latin American Spanish: donante
Swedish: givare
Thai: ผู้บริจาค
Turkish: verici
Ukrainian: донор
Vietnamese: người hiến nội tạng/máu
British English: donor ADJECTIVE
Donor organs or parts are organs or parts of the body which people allow doctors to use to help people who are ill.
...the severe shortage of donor organs.
American English: donor
Brazilian Portuguese: doador
Chinese: 捐献的
European Spanish: donante
French: de donneur
German: Spender-
Italian: di donatore
Japanese: 移植用の
Korean: 기증한
European Portuguese: doador
Latin American Spanish: donante
All related terms of 'donor'
blood donor
A blood donor is someone who gives some of their blood so that it can be used in operations .
donor card
A donor card is a card which people carry in order to make sure that, when they die , their organs are used by doctors to help people who are ill .
donor heart
Your heart is the organ in your chest that pumps the blood around your body. People also use heart to refer to the area of their chest that is closest to their heart.
donor organ
an organ which has been voluntarily given for the use of another person
donor sperm
sperm which has been voluntarily given for use in the insemination of another person
organ donor
someone who has donated or who has indicated willingness to donate an organ
sperm donor
a man who supplies sperm to be used in an artificial fertilization process
donor country
a country which provides aid to a developing country
kidney donor
someone who donates one of their kidneys to be transplanted into another person
generous donor
A donor is a person or organization who gives something, especially money, to a charity, organization, or country that needs it.
suitable donor
A donor is someone who gives a part of their body or some of their blood to be used by doctors to help a person who is ill .
universal donor
a person who has blood of group O and whose blood may be safely transfused to persons with most other blood types
donor insemination
a process which involves using sperm which has been voluntarily given for use in the insemination of another person
bone marrow donor
a person who donates bone marrow
artificial insemination by donor
a form of artificial insemination in which the semen is not supplied by the woman's partner