giver

4 definitions found

giver - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Giver \Giv"er\, n.
     One who gives; a donor; a bestower; a grantor; one who
     imparts or distributes.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           It is the giver, and not the gift, that engrosses the
           heart of the Christian.                  --Kollock.
     [1913 Webster]

giver - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  giver
      n 1: someone who devotes himself completely; "there are no
           greater givers than those who give themselves"
      2: person who makes a gift of property [syn: donor, giver,
         presenter, bestower, conferrer]

giver - Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) :

  GIVER, contracts. He who makes a gift. (q. v.) By his gift, the giver always 
  impliedly agrees with the donee that he will not revoke the gift. 
  
  

giver - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  34 Moby Thesaurus words for "giver":
     Maecenas, Santa Claus, almoner, almsgiver, angel, assignor,
     awarder, backer, bestower, cheerful giver, conferrer, consignor,
     contributor, donator, donor, fairy godmother, feoffor, financer,
     funder, grantor, imparter, lady bountiful, patron, patroness,
     philanthropist, presenter, settler, subscriber, sugar daddy,
     supporter, testate, testator, testatrix, vouchsafer