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
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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.

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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.
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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.

  • Far in advance of his contemporaries on this question, whenever his personal action is don.

  • Parma, Piacenza and Guastalla were formed into a duchy for Don Philip, brother of Charles III.

  • As a precaution against Tatar invasions he founded fortified towns on his southern frontiers - Tambov, Kozlov, Penza and Simbirsk; but when the Don Cossacks offered him Azov, which they had captured from the Turks, and a National Assembly, convoked for the purpose of considering the question, were in favour of accepting it as a means of increasing Russian influence on the Black Sea, he decided that the town should be restored to the sultan, much to the disappointment of its captors.

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Words Starting With

DDODON

Words Ending With

NONDON

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don

Words Starting With D and Ending With N

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

Word Length

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