Do-nee', n.

n. [Fr. donné, p. p. of donner, from Lat. donare. See DONATE.]

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, the party on whom a power is conferred for execution, sometimes called the appointor. Kent.