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donee

donee noun: someone who receives a gift from a donor.

Noun

donee (plural donees)

  1. Someone who receives a gift from a donor.
    • John became the donee of the bone marrow donated by his brother.
    • But this donee or this purchasoure shall take to their profyte all the vesture standyng vpon or beyng with in the sayd groūde1523, John Fitzherbert, Book of surveying, page 15
    Synonyms:
    donatee

donee meaning in Tamil and Kannada

donee in Tamil

கொடை பெறுவோர், பரிசிலர்

donee in Kannada

ದಾನ ಪಡೆದವನು, ದಾನಗ್ರಾಹಿ, ಆದಾತ

Synonyms of donee

Forms of donee

pluraldonees

Origin of donee

From donor + -ee (attested since 1523).

Questions about donee

What does donee mean?
Donee means someone who receives a gift from a donor.
What is donee in Tamil?
Donee in Tamil is கொடை பெறுவோர், பரிசிலர். See Donee meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is donee?
Donee is a noun.
What is the plural of donee?
The plural of donee is donees.

Words near donee in the dictionary

  1. done-zo
  2. Donec'k
  3. Donechchyna
  4. Doneck
  5. doned
  6. donee
  7. donees
  8. Donegal
  9. Donegal Bay
  10. Donegals
  11. Donegan

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: donee (page history and authors); donee (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); donee (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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