English Explanatory Dictionary

don

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A university professor, particularly one at Oxford or Cambridge.
  2. An employee of a university residence who lives among the student residents.
  3. A mafia boss, primarily for Italian or Italian American bosses.
  4. A (usually Spanish or Italian) title of respect to a man, especially a lord or nobleman.
  5. Any man, bloke, dude.
verb
  1. To put on clothing; to dress (oneself) in an article of personal attire.
name
  1. A diminutive of the male given names Donald or Gordon.
name
  1. A river, the fifth-longest in Europe, in Tula, Lipetsk, Voronezh, Volgograd and Rostov Oblasts, Russia, flowing 1160 miles to the Sea of Azov.
name
  1. A river in Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland, United Kingdom, flowing 62 miles to the North Sea at Aberdeen.
  2. A river in South Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, on which Doncaster is situated.
  3. A minor river in Tyne and Wear, England, United Kingdom, which joins the Tyne at Jarrow.
  4. A river in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, named after the River Don in Yorkshire.
  5. A locality in the City of Devonport, Tasmania, Australia.
name
  1. A surname.
noun
  1. dissolved organic nitrogen
  2. Abbreviation of deoxynivalenol, a toxic byproduct of Fusarium head blight of barley.

Pronunciation

/dɒn/ /dɑn/ en-us-don.ogg LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Don.wav

Word forms

don dons donning donned the Don

Etymology

From Latin dominus (“lord, head of household”), akin to Italian don, Sicilian don, Spanish don; from domus (“house”). Doublet of dom, domine, dominie, and dominus.

Synonyms

donny put on clothe dight enrobe accouter address apparel array attire beclothe don garment dress equip invest robe slip on vest Don River River Don vomitoxin

Antonyms

doff

Related words

donzel put on wear ram-don Cossack Don Andres Soriano Don Bosco Don Felipe Larrazabal Don Galo Don Hen Don Luis Don Manuel Don Potenciano Larrazabal Don Salvador Benedicto

Derived words

don hand donnish donnism donny donship donner redon Dementia Don Diaper Don Don the Con Dozy Don Sleepy Don Teflon Don Zion Don Bridge of Don Don Cossacks Don Valley DVP
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