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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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 Should I don this robe and trouble you --Shak. At night, or in the rain, He dons a surcoat which he doffs at morn. --Emerson. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Don \Don\, 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. Don is used in Italy, though not so much as in Spain France talks of Dom Calmet, England of Dom Calmet, England of Dan Lydgate --Oliphant. 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: Don n 1: a Spanish title of respect for a gentleman or nobleman [syn: {Don}] 2: (British) teacher at a university of college (especially at Cambridge or Oxford) [syn: {preceptor}] 3: (Welsh) goddess; mother of Gwydion and Arianrod(Arianrhod); corresponds to Irish Danu [syn: {Don}] 4: a European river in southwestern Russia; flows into the Sea of Azov [syn: {Don}, {Don River}] v : 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}, {assume}]
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