Don Definition

dŏn
donned, donning, dons
noun
dons
A distinguished man.
Webster's New World
A head, tutor, or fellow of a Brit. college or university, esp. at Oxford or Cambridge.
Webster's New World
Sir; Mr.: a Spanish title of respect, used with the given name: abbrev. D.
Don Pedro.
Webster's New World
A college or university professor.
American Heritage
An important Mafia leader.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
pronoun

A diminutive of the male given name Donald or Gordon.

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A river in European Russia, flowing 1200 miles to the Sea of Azov. Called Tanais in classical sources.

Wiktionary

A river in Scotland, flowing 62 mile to the North Sea.

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verb
donned, donning, dons
To put on (clothing).
American Heritage
To put on (a garment, etc.); dress in (a certain color or material)
Webster's New World
To assume or take on.
Donned the air of the injured party.
American Heritage
Eye dialect spelling of don't.
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
abbreviation
(sciences) Dissolved organic nitrogen.
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Other Word Forms of Don

Noun

Singular:
don
Plural:
dons

Origin of Don

  • Spanish dialectal Italian both from Latin dominus lord dem- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Middle English contraction of do on to put on do1

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Don Sentence Examples

  • We don garment after garment, as if we grew like exogenous plants by addition without.

  • In the duchy of Parma Don Carlos had already been proclaimed.

  • Like its greater neighbour, the Don is an excellent salmon stream.

  • They are Lamaists by religion and immigrated to the mouth of the Volga from Dzungaria, in the 17th century, driving out the Tatars and Nogais, and after many wars with the Don Cossacks, one part of them was taken in by the Don Cossacks, so that even now there are among these Cossacks several Kalmuck sotnias or squadrons.

  • His father, Don Francisco de Valenzuela, a gentleman of Ronda, had been compelled to flee from Spain in consequence of a brawl, and had enlisted as a soldier in Naples, where he married Dona Leonora de Encisa.

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Words Starting With

DDODON

Words Ending With

NONDON

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Words Starting With D and Ending With N

Starts With D & Ends With NStarts With DO & Ends With NStarts With D & Ends With ON

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3 Letter Words3 Letter Words Starting With D3 Letter Words Ending With N