donornoun [ C ]
uk/ˈdəʊ.nər/us/ˈdoʊ.nɚ/C2 a person who gives some of their blood or a part of their body to help someone who is ill:
a blood donor
a kidney donor
C2 a person who gives money or goods to an organization:
Thanks to a large gift from an anonymous donor, the charity was able to continue its work.
More examples
- An attempt to implant an embryo using an egg from an anonymous woman donor was unsuccessful.
- The charity will go under unless a generous donor can be found within the next few months.
- The money for the new hospital was put up by an anonymous donor.
- In Britain, AIDS tests are now performed on all people who offer to become blood donors.
- Transplantation of organs from living donors raises ethical issues.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Medical treatment: people who receive medical treatment
- admission
- asthmatic
- case
- casualty
- convalescent
- day patient
- dying
- epileptic
- geriatric
- injured
- inpatient
- invalid 1
- outpatient
- patient
- PWA
- sick
- sufferer
- under
- victim
- wounded