Thesaurus: don
Sir; Mr; Signior; -- a title in Spain, formerly given to noblemen and gentlemen only, but now common to all classes.
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Definitions
- n. Sir; Mr; Signior; -- a title in Spain, formerly given to noblemen and gentlemen only, but now common to all classes.
- n. A grand personage, or one making pretension to consequence; especially, the head of a college, or one of the fellows at the English universities.
- v. t. To put on; to dress in; to invest one's self with.
- n. a Spanish gentleman or nobleman
- n. a Spanish courtesy title or form of address for men that is prefixed to the forename
- n. teacher at a university or college (especially at Cambridge or Oxford)
- n. the head of an organized crime family
- v. put clothing on one's body
- 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.
- v:100 n. a Spanish gentleman or nobleman n. the head of an organized crime family n. Celtic goddess; mother of Gwydion and Arianrhod; corresponds to Irish Danu