don

Noun · Verb
Synonyms: DonpreceptorfatherDon Riverwearput onget intoassume

WordNet 3.0

Noun (6)

  1. a Spanish gentleman or noblemanSynonyms: Don
  2. teacher at a university or college (especially at Cambridge or Oxford)Synonyms: preceptor
  3. the head of an organized crime familySynonyms: father
  4. Celtic goddess; mother of Gwydion and Arianrhod; corresponds to Irish DanuSynonyms: Don
  5. a European river in southwestern Russia; flows into the Sea of AzovSynonyms: DonDon River
  6. a Spanish courtesy title or form of address for men that is prefixed to the forename“Don Roberto”Synonyms: Don

Verb (1)

  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”Synonyms: wearput onget intoassume
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Webster's Dictionary (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]

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]

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