'Don' definitions:

Definition of 'Don'

From: WordNet
noun
A Spanish gentleman or nobleman
noun
Teacher at a university or college (especially at Cambridge or Oxford) [syn: preceptor, don]
noun
The head of an organized crime family [syn: don, father]
noun
Celtic goddess; mother of Gwydion and Arianrhod; corresponds to Irish Danu
noun
A European river in southwestern Russia; flows into the Sea of Azov [syn: Don, Don River]
noun
A Spanish courtesy title or form of address for men that is prefixed to the forename; "Don Roberto"
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" [syn: wear, put on, get into, don, assume]

Definition of 'Don'

From: 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. [1913 Webster]
  • Don is used in Italy, though not so much as in Spain. France talks of Dom Calmet, England of Dan Lydgate. --Oliphant. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Don'

From: 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. [1913 Webster]
  • Should I don this robe and trouble you. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • At night, or in the rain, He dons a surcoat which he doffs at morn. --Emerson. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'don'

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