don

Noun · Verb
US[don]/dɑn/1 syllable
Synonyms: Don Riverpreceptorfatherwearput onget intoassume

Open English WordNet

Verb (1)donned, donning, dons

  1. 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”Synonyms: wearput onget intoassumeMore general dress, get dressedMore specific try on, hat, slip on, scarf

Noun (6)dons

  1. a Spanish gentleman or noblemanType of gentleman
  2. Celtic goddess; mother of Gwydion and Arianrhod; corresponds to Irish DanuInstance of Celtic deity
  3. a European river in southwestern Russia; flows into the Sea of AzovSynonyms: Don RiverInstance of riverPart of Russia, Russian Federation
  4. a Spanish courtesy title or form of address for men that is prefixed to the forename“Don Roberto”Type of title, title of respect
  5. teacher at a university or college (especially at Cambridge or Oxford)Synonyms: preceptorType of teacher, instructor
  6. the head of an organized crime familySynonyms: fatherType of head, chief

Related words preceptorship noun

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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Don (dŏn), noun

Origin: 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 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.” John Dryden

Don transitive verb [past tense & past participle Donned; present participle & verbal noun Donning.]

Origin: Do + on; — opposed to doff. See Do, transitive verb, 7.

To put on; to dress in; to invest one's self with.

Should I don this robe and trouble you.— William Shakespeare
At night, or in the rain, He dons a surcoat which he doffs at morn.— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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