1. Donkin - Noun
2. Donkin - Proper noun
English engineer who developed a method of preserving food by sterilizing it with heat and sealing it inside a steel container--the first tin can (1768-1855)
Source: WordNetDonkin, his legal colleague, supported him in his career move, providing financial backing for the new venture. Source: Internet
Donkin (2001) p. 9 One of the best known of these masts, known as Mohammed Mast, lived at Meher Baba's encampment at Meherabad until his death in 2003. Source: Internet
In 1812, Englishmen Bryan Donkin and John Hall purchased both patents and began producing preserves. Source: Internet