Usually means: Reagent that donates electron pair.
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  1. nucleophile: Merriam-Webster
  2. nucleophile: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. nucleophile: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. nucleophile: Collins English Dictionary
  5. nucleophile: Wiktionary
  6. nucleophile: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. nucleophile: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  8. nucleophile: Dictionary.com
  9. Nucleophile: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. nucleophile: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. nucleophile: Encyclopedia

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  1. nucleophile: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
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  5. nucleophile: Medical dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (nucleophile)

noun:  (chemistry) A compound or functional group that is attractive to centres of positive charge, and donates electrons, especially donating an electron pair to an electrophile to form a bond.

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