don
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don (dän)
noun
- a distinguished man
- Brit. a head, tutor, or fellow of a college or university, esp. at Oxford or Cambridge
- an important Mafia leader
Etymology: Sp < L domnus, contr. < dominus, master: see dominate
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don (dän)
Don1 definition
Don (dän)
noun
- Sir; Mr.: a Spanish title of respect, used with the given name: abbrev. D Don Pedro
- a Spanish nobleman or gentleman
Don2 definition
Don (dän; Russ dō̂n)
river in SC European Russia, flowing southward into the Sea of Azov: c. 1,200 mi (1,931 km)
Etymology: Russ: see Danube
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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