English Explanatory Dictionary

dont tread on me

English dictionary entry

Meanings

phrase
  1. Archaic spelling of don't tread on me.

Word forms

dont tread on me

Etymology

The phrase was initially rendered as dont tread on me, without apostrophe, as dont was then an accepted contraction of do not. In some later versions, due to standards for apostrophes becoming more strict since the 18th century, the first word was changed to don't.

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