Don

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Used as a courtesy title before the name of a man in a Spanish-speaking area.
  • n. Chiefly British A head, tutor, or fellow at a college of Oxford or Cambridge.
  • n. Chiefly British A college or university professor.
  • n. The leader of an organized-crime family.
  • n. Archaic An important personage.
  • v. To put on (clothing).
  • v. To assume or take on: donned the air of the injured party.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A university professor, particularly one at Oxford or Cambridge.
  • n. A mafia boss.
  • v. to put on, to dress in
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • 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. To put on; to dress in; to invest one's self with.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To put on; invest with.
  • n. [capitalized] A title in Spain and Italy prefixed to a man's Christian name, like Sir in Great Britain.
  • n. A gentleman; a man bearing the title of or addressed as “Don.”
  • n. Any person of high importance or leading position: applied ironically to one giving himself airs of importance.
  • n. In Great Britain, a fellow of a college, or any college authority.
  • n. In sea-fishing, a buoy used to mark a fishing-ground.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. Celtic goddess; mother of Gwydion and Arianrhod; corresponds to Irish Danu
  • n. a Spanish courtesy title or form of address for men that is prefixed to the forename
  • n. a Spanish gentleman or nobleman
  • n. a European river in southwestern Russia; flows into the Sea of Azov
  • n. the head of an organized crime family
  • v. put clothing on one's body
  • n. teacher at a university or college (especially at Cambridge or Oxford)
  • Antonym
    doff   
    Verb Form
    donned    donning    dons   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    celtic deity    form of address    title    title of respect    gentleman    river    top dog    head    chief    instructor   
    Variant
    donning    donned   
    Form
    donned    donning    donnish   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    sir    Mr.    signior    assume   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Abidjan    Abron    Amman    Antoine    Aton    Azerbaijan    Bataan    Bhutan    Bon    Bonn   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    ki    Shem    ban    khot    ym    ioh    sngew    blei    kawei    Kata