Meaning

5 senses
  1. (UK)A university professor, particularly one at Oxford or Cambridge.

    teacher at a university or college (especially at Cambridge or Oxford)

  2. (Canada)An employee of a university residence who lives among the student residents.

  3. A mafia boss, especially one who is Italian or Italian-American.

    паха́нpaxán, па́ханpáxan, дон

    донdon

  4. A (usually Spanish or Italian) title of respect to a man, especially a lord or nobleman.

    a Spanish gentleman or nobleman

  5. (Multicultural London English)Any man, bloke, dude.

Examples

16 sentences
  1. Tom donned his party hat.

  2. Tom and Mary donned their spacesuits.

    deTom und Maria legten die Raumanzüge an. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  3. I donned a hat yesterday, because it was very cold.

  4. He donned a shirt of mithril and picked up his mightly blade.

  5. Ziri donned his park ranger cap and went out of the cabin.

Translations

3 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
mafia boss:
Русский
By meaning 1
mafia boss:

Origin

From Latin dominus (“lord, head of household”), akin to Italian don, Sicilian don, Spanish

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.

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Forms

plural: dons
Singulardon
Pluraldons

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a European river in southwestern Russia; flows into the Sea of Azov:Don River
  • the head of an organized crime family:father
  • teacher at a university or college (especially at Cambridge or Oxford):preceptor

Word family

6 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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