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don

noun

1 Don

A Spanish gentleman or nobleman.

2 don

Teacher at a university or college (especially at Cambridge or Oxford).

synonym: preceptor.

Roget 540: teacher, trainer, instructor, institutor, master, tutor, director, Corypheus, dry nurse, coach, grinder, crammer, don; governor, ... show more

Roget 875: nobility, rank, condition, distinction, optimacy, blood, pur sang [Fr.], birth, high descent, order; quality, gentility; blue blood of Castile; ancien regime [Fr.].    ... show more

Roget 492: scholar, connoisseur, savant, pundit, schoolman, professor, graduate, wrangler; academician, academist; master of arts, doctor, licentitate, ... show more

Dutch: leermeester
Polish: preceptor

3 don

The head of an organized crime family.

synonym: father.

Dutch: don
Polish: don

4 Don

Celtic goddess; mother of Gwydion and Arianrhod; corresponds to Irish Danu.

5 Don

A European river in southwestern Russia; flows into the Sea of Azov.

synonym: Don River.

Polish: Don

6 Don

A Spanish courtesy title or form of address for men that is prefixed to the forename.

Polish: don

verb

1 don

Put clothing on one's body:
— The princess donned a long blue dress.

synonyms: assume, get into, put on, wear.

Roget 225: invest; cover etc. 223; envelope, lap, involve; inwrap, enwrap; wrap; fold up, wrap up, lap up, muffle up; ... show more

Dutch: aandoen, uitdossen, opzetten, dragen


Moby thesaurus: 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 ... show more.

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