Don
[dɒn]
Definition
(noun.) a Spanish courtesy title or form of address for men that is prefixed to the forename; 'Don Roberto'.
(noun.) a European river in southwestern Russia; flows into the Sea of Azov.
(noun.) Celtic goddess; mother of Gwydion and Arianrhod; corresponds to Irish Danu.
(noun.) a Spanish gentleman or nobleman.
(noun.) the head of an organized crime family.
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Definition
(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. t.) To put on; to dress in; to invest one's self with.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Put on, slip on, dress in.
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Definition
n. a Spanish title corresponding to English Sir formerly applied only to noblemen now to all classes: a fellow of a college a college authority: (coll.) a swell adept:—fem. Doé¤?b> in English usually with the Italian spelling Don′na.—adj. Don′nish pertaining to a don: with the airs of a don.—ns. Don′nism self-importance; Don′ship rank or dignity of a don.
v.t. to do or put on: to assume:—pr.p. don′ning; pa.p. donned.
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Examples
- How we shall conciliate this little creature, said Mrs. Bretton to me, I don't know: she tastes nothing, and by her looks, she has not slept. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Bring out your vouchers, and don't talk Jerusalem palaver. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Then you don't ask my advice,' says Podsnap. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Don't take on, Miss. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- We went to the 'commissionaire' of the hotel--I don't know what a 'commissionaire' is, but that is the man we went to--and told him we wanted a guide. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Why don't she come? Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- You needn't, if you don't like, ma'am,' was his answer. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Soon after the arrival of the suit I donned it, and put off for Cincinnati on horseback. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The earth had donned her mantle of brightest green; and shed her richest perfumes abroad. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Donning my trappings and weapons I hastened to the sheds, and soon had out both my machine and Kantos Kan's. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
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