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One who makes a gift; a donor; a giver.

A donee of the crown; one the whom, upon certain condition, escheated property is made over.

A canelike grass of southern Europe (Arundo Donax), used for fishing rods, etc.

A handsome fish of Florida and the West Indies (Platyglossus radiatus). The name is applied also to the ladyfish (Harpe rufa) of the same region.

p. p. from Do, and formerly the infinitive.

The person to whom a gift or donation is made.

Same as Donat. Piers Plowman.

Dongola kid.

l, used for trading purposes on the coasts of Coromandel and Ceylon. [Written also dhony, doney, and done.]

Bearing gifts. [R.]

The chief tower, also called the keep; a massive tower in ancient castles, forming the strongest part of the fortifications. See Illust. of Castle.

A stupid or obstinate fellow; an ass. Donkey engine, a small auxiliary engine not used for propelling, but for pumping water into the boilers, raising heavy weights, and like purposes. -- Donkey pump, a steam pump for feeding boilers, extinguishing fire, etc.; -- usually an auxiliary. -- Donkey's eye (Bot.), the larg…

A lady; madam; mistress; -- the title given a lady in Italy.

See Do-naught. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

Lit., given; hence, in a literary work, as a drama or tale, that which is assumed as to characters, situation, etc., as a basis for the plot or story. W. E. Henley.

Self-importance; loftiness of carriage. [Cant, Eng. Universities]

One who grants an estate; in later use, one who confers a power; -- the opposite of donee. Kent. Touching, the parties unto deeds and charters, we are to consider as well the donors and granters as the donees or grantees. Spelman.

The quality or rank of a don, gentleman, or knight. Hudibras.

A young squire, or knight's attendant; a page. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.

A dove. [Scot.]