Don

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Don \Don\ (d[o^]n), n. [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.


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              Don is used in Italy, though not so much as in
              Spain. France talks of Dom Calmet, England of Dan
              Lydgate.                              --Oliphant.
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     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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Don \Don\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Donned}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Donning}.] [Do + on; -- opposed to doff. See {Do}, v. t.,
     7.]
     To put on; to dress in; to invest one's self with.
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           Should I don this robe and trouble you.  --Shak.
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           At night, or in the rain,
           He dons a surcoat which he doffs at morn. --Emerson.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Don
       n 1: a Spanish title of respect for a gentleman or nobleman
       2: teacher at a university of college (especially at Cambridge
          or Oxford) [syn: {preceptor}]
       3: the head of an organized crime family [syn: {father}]
       4: Celtic goddess; mother of Gwydion and Arianrhod; corresponds
          to Irish Danu
       5: a European river in southwestern Russia; flows into the Sea
          of Azov [syn: {Don River}]
       v : 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" [syn: {wear}, {put on}, {get
           into}, {assume}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  46 Moby Thesaurus words for "don":
     Herr, Master, Mister, abecedarian, assume, bwana,
     certified teacher, change, docent, doctor, dominie, draw on,
     dress in, educationist, educator, fellow, get into, get on, guide,
     guru, instructor, maestro, master, melamed, mentor, misrepresent,
     monsieur, mullah, pandit, pedagogist, pedagogue, preceptor,
     professor, pundit, put on, rabbi, sahib, schoolkeeper,
     schoolmaster, schoolteacher, signor, sir, slip, slip on, starets,
     teacher