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donor - person who makes a gift of property |
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giver,
presenter,
bestower,
conferrer |
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benefactor,
helper a person who helps people or institutions (especially with financial help)
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abnegator one who gives up or relinquishes or renounces something
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almsgiver a person who gives alms
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indian giver an offensive term for someone who asks you to return a present he has given you
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altruist,
philanthropist someone who makes charitable donations intended to increase human well-being
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settlor,
trustor (law) a person who creates a trust by giving real or personal property in trust to a trustee for the benefit of a beneficiary; a person who gives such property is said to settle it on the trustee
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contributor,
subscriber a writer whose work is published in a newspaper or magazine or as part of a book
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subsidiser,
subsidizer someone who assists or supports by giving a subsidy
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tipper a person who leaves a tip; "a generous tipper"
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donor - (medicine) someone who gives blood or tissue or an organ to be used in another person (the host) |
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benefactor,
helper a person who helps people or institutions (especially with financial help)
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medical specialty,
medicine the learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries; "he studied medicine at Harvard"
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blood donor someone who gives blood to be used for transfusions
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organ donor someone from whom an organ is taken for transplantation
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