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donor

noun
/ˈdoʊnɚ/US/ˈdəʊnə/UK

Etymology

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

  1. derived from doneur
  2. derived from donour
  3. inherited from donoure

Definitions

  1. One who makes a donation.

    • The charity raised $2,000 from various donors.
    • The hospital is seeking an organ donor.
    • "You prefer, then, having the money to the ornaments which I had intended for you?"/"Oh! the hundred pounds, certainly," exclaimed Isabella, colouring a little at the idea of trespassing on the donor's generosity.

  2. An object, typically broken beyond repair, that is used for spare parts.

    • You'll need to lengthen the plug for the fan switch and swap its connector for that of the donor.

  3. A group or molecule that donates either a radical, electrons or a moiety in a chemical…

    A group or molecule that donates either a radical, electrons or a moiety in a chemical reaction. Compare acceptor.

    • a carbonyl donor molecule

The neighborhood

Derived

ambassadonor, blood donor, dibling, donator, donor card, donor class, donorcycle, donoress, donor fatigue, donorless, donor offspring, donorship, donor-specific antibody, electron donor, interdonor, living donor, megadonor, Michael donor, multidonor, necrodonor, nondonor, organ donor, phosphodonor, sperm donor, straw donor, superdonor, universal donor

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at donor. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at donor. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at donor

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA