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donour

donour is the obsolete form of donor.

Meaning of donor

Noun

donor (plural donors)

  1. One who makes a donation.
    • The charity raised $2,000 from various donors.
  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.2004, Aaron Bonk, Honda Engine Swaps, CarTech, →ISBN, page 41
  3. A group or molecule that donates either a radical, electrons or a moiety in a chemical reaction. Compare acceptor.
    • a carbonyl donor molecule

Forms of donour

pluraldonours

Questions about donour

What is donour the obsolete form of?
Donour is the obsolete form of donor.

Words near donour in the dictionary

  1. donos
  2. Donoso
  3. Donosos
  4. donothingism
  5. Donough
  6. donour
  7. donours
  8. Donovan
  9. Donovan bodies
  10. Donovan body
  11. donovanosis

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Adapted from Wiktionary: donour (page history and authors); donor (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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