Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One that gives.
- noun A donor or contributor. Often used in combination.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who gives; a donor; a bestower; a granter; one who imparts, dispenses, distributes, or contributes.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who gives; a donor; a bestower; a grantor; one who imparts or distributes.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who gives; a
donor orcontributer .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun someone who devotes himself completely
- noun person who makes a gift of property
Etymologies
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Examples
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These two elements feed off each other and are so intertwined that the giver is at least a much responsible for the situation as the reciever.
Begging-Mazatlan 2002
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Plus, the gift-giver is absolutely true to the spirit of the song, so the next day she gets another partridge in a pear tree along with the turtledoves.
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The role women often take as the primal care giver is undermined by the poor childcare policies and the little financial recognition women receive for doing what is technically a full time job.
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The role women often take as the primal care giver is undermined by the poor childcare policies and the little financial recognition women receive for doing what is technically a full time job.
The Forgotten Work… « My Liberal Democrat Political Ramblings… 2009
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Also, forced giving detaches the giver from the benefit, which IMHO, reduces the value of the gift and creates a barrier of ingratitude between the giver and the recipient.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Democracy and the Appeal of Socialism 2010
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I will quote the giver from the enclosed card: "I simply could not pass up an opportunity to give you plush penguin Vikings with built-in hockey."
Barnstorming on an Invisible Segway papersky 2009
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Also, forced giving detaches the giver from the benefit, which IMHO, reduces the value of the gift and creates a barrier of ingratitude between the giver and the recipient.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Democracy and the Appeal of Socialism 2010
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Choosing a proper noun is a privilege of the name giver of a person, place or thing than others are generally bound to accept by linguistic convention; there is rarely such a definitive arbiter of other grammatical conventions.
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If you have a law-giver but no law-giver-giver, then the law-giver is hanging in mid-air.
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Not if the law giver is necessary, and not contingent.
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