Also means
informer, snitch
Usage Note
donneur most commonly appears in medical contexts — un donneur de sang (blood donor) or un donneur d'organes (organ donor). In slang, un donneur or une donneuse means an informer or someone who rats others out. The feminine is donneuse.
Examples
"Il est donneur de sang depuis dix ans."
Natural Translation
He has been a blood donor for ten years.
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