Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for DO'NOR
DO'NOR, n. [from L. dono, to give.]
- One who gives or bestows; one who confers any thing gratuitously; a benefactor.
- One who grants an estate; as, a conditional fee may revert to the donor, if the donee has no heirs of his body.
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