[syn: wear, put on, get into, don, assume]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
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Should I don this robe and trouble you. --Shak.
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At night, or in the rain,
He dons a surcoat which he doffs at morn. --Emerson.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
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Don is used in Italy, though not so much as in
Spain. France talks of Dom Calmet, England of Dan
Lydgate. --Oliphant.
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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.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Don
n 1: a Spanish gentleman or nobleman
2: teacher at a university or college (especially at Cambridge
or Oxford) [syn: preceptor, don]
3: the head of an organized crime family [syn: don, father]
4: Celtic goddess; mother of Gwydion and Arianrhod; corresponds
to Irish Danu
5: a European river in southwestern Russia; flows into the Sea
of Azov [syn: Don, Don River]
6: a Spanish courtesy title or form of address for men that is
prefixed to the forename; "Don Roberto"
v 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" [syn: wear, put on,
get into, don, assume]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
46 Moby Thesaurus words for "don":
Herr, Master, Mister, abecedarian, assume, bwana,
certified teacher, change, docent, doctor, dominie, draw on,
dress in, educationist, educator, fellow, get into, get on, guide,
guru, instructor, maestro, master, melamed, mentor, misrepresent,
monsieur, mullah, pandit, pedagogist, pedagogue, preceptor,
professor, pundit, put on, rabbi, sahib, schoolkeeper,
schoolmaster, schoolteacher, signor, sir, slip, slip on, starets,
teacher