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DON
Don
(noun) a Spanish courtesy title or form of address for men that is prefixed to the forename; “Don Roberto”
Don, Don River
(noun) a European river in southwestern Russia; flows into the Sea of Azov
Don
(noun) Celtic goddess; mother of Gwydion and Arianrhod; corresponds to Irish Danu
Don
(noun) a Spanish gentleman or nobleman
don, father
(noun) the head of an organized crime family
preceptor, don
(noun) teacher at a university or college (especially at Cambridge or Oxford)
wear, put on, get into, don, assume
(verb) put clothing on one’s body; “What should I wear today?”; “He put on his best suit for the wedding”; “The princess donned a long blue dress”; “The queen assumed the stately robes”; “He got into his jeans”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Proper noun
Don
A diminutive of the male given names Donald, Gordon.
Etymology 2
Proper noun
Don
A river in European Russia, flowing 1200 miles to the Sea of Azov. Called Tanais in classical sources.
Etymology 3
Proper noun
Don
A river in Scotland, flowing 62 miles to the North Sea.
A river in South Yorkshire, England, on which Doncaster is situated.
Anagrams
• NOD, ODN, nod
Etymology 1
Noun
don (plural dons)
A university professor, particularly one at Oxford or Cambridge.
An employee of a university residence who lives among the student residents.
A mafia boss.
(Multicultural London English) Any man, bloke, dude.
Etymology 2
Verb
don (third-person singular simple present dons, present participle donning, simple past and past participle donned)
(transitive, clothing) To put on, to dress in.
Synonyms
• (put on clothes): clothe, dight, enrobe; see also clothe
Antonyms
• (put on clothes): doff
Anagrams
• NOD, ODN, nod
Noun
DON (uncountable)
(science) dissolved organic nitrogen
Abbreviation of deoxynivalenol, a toxic byproduct of Fusarium head blight of barley
Synonyms
• (deoxynivalenol): vomitoxin
Anagrams
• NOD, ODN, nod
Source: Wiktionary
Don, n. Etym: [Sp. don; akin to Pg. dom, It. donno; fr. L. dominus master. See Dame, and cf. Domine, Dominie, Domino, Dan, Dom.]
1. Sir; Mr; Signior; -- a title in Spain, formerly given to noblemen and gentlemen only, but now common to all classes. Don is used in Italy, though not so much as in Spain France talks of Dom Calmet, England of Dom Calmet, England of Dan Lydgate. Oliphant.
2. A grand personage, or one making pretension to consequence; especially, the head of a college, or one of the fellows at the English universities. [Univ. Cant] "The great dons of wit." Dryden.
Don, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Donned; p. pr. & vb. n. Donning.] Etym: [Do + on; -- opposed to doff. See Do, v. t., 7.]
Definition: To put on; to dress in; to invest one's self with. Should I don this robe and trouble you. Shak. At night, or in the rain, He dons a surcoat which he doffs at morn. Emerson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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