Donor 3553571 211428447 2008-05-10T08:26:20Z Thijs!bot 1392310 robot Adding: [[id:Donor]] {{Wiktionary}} A '''donor''' in general is a person that [[donation|donate]]s something voluntarily. Usually used to represent a form of pure [[altruism]] but sometimes used when the payment for a service is recognised by all parties as representing less than the value of the donation and that the motivation is altruistic. Often the word is used as a short for: * [[Blood donation|Blood donor]] * [[Electron donor]] — (by analogy) a technical term in chemistry and [[semiconductor]] physics (see also the next entry) * [[Acceptor (semiconductors)]] * [[Organ donation|Organ donor]] * [[Sperm donation|Sperm donor]] * [[Charitable organization|Charitable donor]] * [[Egg Donation|Egg Donor]] In literature: * [[Donor (fairy tale)]] is a stock character of fairy tales {{disambig}} [[de:Donator]] [[es:Donante]] [[fr:Donneur]] [[id:Donor]] [[ja:ドナー]] [[sk:Donor]] [[uk:Донор]]