What is the meaning of Don?

noun

  • A Spanish gentleman or nobleman.
  • Teacher at a university or college (especially at Cambridge or Oxford.
  • The head of an organized crime family.
  • Celtic goddess; mother of Gwydion and Arianrhod; corresponds to Irish Danu.
  • A European river in southwestern Russia; flows into the Sea of Azov.
  • A Spanish courtesy title or form of address for men that is prefixed to the forename.
    • usage: "Don Roberto"

verb

  • Put clothing on one's body.
    • usage: "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"
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