1. Noun
One who gives or bestows; one who confers anything gratuitously; a benefactor.
2. Noun
One who grants an estate; in later use, one who confers a power; -- the opposite of donee.
3. Noun
(medicine) someone who gives blood or tissue or an organ to be used in another person (the host)
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