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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Donee

Donee \Do*nee"\, n. [OF. don['e], F. donn['e], p. p. See the preceding word.]

  1. The person to whom a gift or donation is made.

  2. (Law) Anciently, one to whom lands were given; in later use, one to whom lands and tenements are given in tail; in modern use, one on whom a power is conferred for execution; -- sometimes called the appointor.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
donee

1520s; see donor + -ee.

Wiktionary
donee

n. Someone who receives a gift from a donor.

WordNet
donee

n. the recipient of funds or other benefits [syn: beneficiary]

Usage examples of "donee".

Et tremefacta comam concusso vertice nutat, Volneribus donee paulatim evicta supremum Congemuit traxitque iugis avolsa ruinam.

BioWeb was trying for a more Halloweeny theme, kicking off their first annual blood drive utilizing the image of the ultimate blood donee.

Heres, as Beseler /1/ and others have remarked, from meaning a successor to the property of a person deceased, was extended to the donee mortis causa, and even more broadly to grantees in general.