don

Don
    n 1: a Spanish gentleman or nobleman
    2: teacher at a university or college (especially at Cambridge
       or Oxford) [syn: {preceptor}, {don}]
    3: the head of an organized crime family [syn: {don}, {father}]
    4: Celtic goddess; mother of Gwydion and Arianrhod; corresponds
       to Irish Danu
    5: a European river in southwestern Russia; flows into the Sea
       of Azov [syn: {Don}, {Don River}]
    6: a Spanish courtesy title or form of address for men that is
       prefixed to the forename; "Don Roberto"
    v 1: put clothing on one's body; "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" [syn: {wear}, {put on},
         {get into}, {don}, {assume}]
    

Don \Don\ (d[o^]n), n. [Sp. don; akin to Pg. dom, It. donno; fr.
   L. dominus master. See {Dame}, and cf. {Domine}, {Dominie},
   {Domino}, {Dan}, {Dom}.]
   1. Sir; Mr; Signior; -- a title in Spain, formerly given to
      noblemen and gentlemen only, but now common to all
      classes.
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            Don is used in Italy, though not so much as in
            Spain. France talks of Dom Calmet, England of Dan
            Lydgate.                              --Oliphant.
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   2. A grand personage, or one making pretension to
      consequence; especially, the head of a college, or one of
      the fellows at the English universities. [Univ. Cant] "The
      great dons of wit." --Dryden.
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Don \Don\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Donned}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Donning}.] [Do + on; -- opposed to doff. See {Do}, v. t.,
   7.]
   To put on; to dress in; to invest one's self with.
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         Should I don this robe and trouble you.  --Shak.
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         At night, or in the rain,
         He dons a surcoat which he doffs at morn. --Emerson.
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46 Moby Thesaurus words for "don":
      Herr, Master, Mister, abecedarian, assume, bwana,
      certified teacher, change, docent, doctor, dominie, draw on,
      dress in, educationist, educator, fellow, get into, get on, guide,
      guru, instructor, maestro, master, melamed, mentor, misrepresent,
      monsieur, mullah, pandit, pedagogist, pedagogue, preceptor,
      professor, pundit, put on, rabbi, sahib, schoolkeeper,
      schoolmaster, schoolteacher, signor, sir, slip, slip on, starets,
      teacher