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don

1 don /ˈdɑːn/ noun
plural dons
1 don
/ˈdɑːn/
noun
plural dons
Learner's definition of DON
[count]
British : a teacher in a college or university
especially : a teacher at Oxford or Cambridge University(尤指英国牛津或剑桥大学的)大学教师
informal : a powerful Mafia leader黑手党头目
2 don /ˈdɑːn/ verb
dons; donned; donning
2 don
/ˈdɑːn/
verb
dons; donned; donning
Learner's definition of DON
[+ object] formal + old-fashioned
: to put on (a piece of clothing)穿上,披上(衣服)

Don

Don /ˈdɑːn/ proper noun
Don
/ˈdɑːn/
proper noun
Learner's definition of DON

the Don River

also the Don
: river in Russia顿河
BNC: 4780 COCA: 6189

don

1 of 3

verb

donned; donning

transitive verb

1
: to put on (an article of clothing)
donned his hat and gloves
2
: to wrap oneself in : take on sense 3a
the donning of new and more tyrannous moralities Edward Sapir

don

2 of 3

noun

1
: a head (see head entry 1 sense 6a), tutor, or fellow (see fellow sense 5) in a college of Oxford or Cambridge University
she didn't want to be a don's wife and live in Oxford forever Virginia Woolf
broadly : a college or university professor
2
[Italian, title of respect, from donno, literally, lord, from Latin dominus] : a powerful Mafia leader
3
: a Spanish nobleman or gentleman
used as a title prefixed to the Christian name
4
archaic : a person of consequence : grandee
the great dons of wit John Dryden

DON

3 of 3

abbreviation

director of nursing

Example Sentences

Verb He donned his gloves and hat. she donned her best gown for the ball
Recent Examples on the Web
Verb
These manikins have more than 5,600 sensors and 34 radiation detectors, and while Zohar will don a radiation protection vest called AstroRad, Helga won't. Catherine Garcia, The Week, 29 Aug. 2022 Thursday On this day every year, the world suddenly looks a bit greener as people don the color to celebrate St. Patrick's Day. Alexandra Meeks, CNN, 13 Mar. 2022 He is set to don the Philippines' colors in the upcoming window of the FIBA World Cup Qualifiers. Aaron Falk, The Salt Lake Tribune, 20 Aug. 2022 But players who currently don No. 6 — including LeBron James and the Washington Wizards' Kristaps Porzingis — will be allowed to keep their numbers, according to the league. Stephanie Wenger, Peoplemag, 11 Aug. 2022 The previous plot leak also explains who will be the MCU’s next Black Panther, indicating that Shuri will don the suit. Chris Smith, BGR, 27 July 2022 What better excuse to don a red catsuit than Halloween? Seventeen, 22 July 2022 His newest villain is barely a character, and the eerily pasty Goldmember mostly just feels like an excuse for Myers to don more weird prosthetics. Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 19 July 2022 The reopening of outdoor dining in the city was just the thing people needed to don their berets at the Black Cat or Figaro Bistrot. Dave Schilling, Los Angeles Times, 17 Mar. 2021
Noun
Charlotte Brewer, an Oxford don, published her book Treasure-House of the Language: The Living OED. Bryan A. Garner, National Review, 17 Feb. 2022 The group conspired to organize into teams, undergo paramilitary training, coordinate travel, assemble and stage weapons and don combat and tactical gear before most joined the Capitol breach, prosecutors alleged. Washington Post, 25 Jan. 2022 Robin Kirkpatrick, a Cambridge don, did a masterly translation for Penguin Classics. Judith Thurman, The New Yorker, 13 Sep. 2021 The pair don modest but fashionable clothing and are surrounded by elegant scientific equipment. Nora Mcgreevy, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Sep. 2021 Shelby Grad, the inimitable don of Metro, has shaped the big-picture strategy along with countless individual stories. Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 2021 Peter Gotti, the mafia boss who succeeded his infamous brother as the don of the Gambino crime family, died while serving a federal prison sentence, sources familiar with the matter said Thursday. Kaelan Deese, Washington Examiner, 26 Feb. 2021 Ma, a Harvard graduate, is as expansively bookish and as intellectually curious as any literary don. New York Times, 15 Jan. 2021 Helping his don his official robes were Larry Green, president of the St. Tammany Bar Association, and Donald Lee, a member of the Washington Parish Bar Associations. NOLA.com, 15 Oct. 2020 See More

Word History

Etymology

Verb

Middle English, contraction of do on

Noun

Spanish, from Latin dominus master — more at dame

First Known Use

Verb

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Noun

1523, in the meaning defined at sense 3

Time Traveler
The first known use of don was in the 14th century
BNC: 4780 COCA: 6189

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