don

Speech parts

1. don - Noun

2. don - Verb

3. Don - Proper noun

Meaning

Sir; Mr; Signior; -- a title in Spain, formerly given to noblemen and gentlemen only, but now common to all classes.

A grand personage, or one making pretension to consequence; especially, the head of a college, or one of the fellows at the English universities.

To put on; to dress in; to invest one's self with.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

wear assume put on sir father dress master gentleman nobleman clothe preceptor get into Don River lord mullah
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Antonyms

berk fool dummy learner novice idiot
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Hypernyms

head title dress chief instructor gentleman

Hyponyms

hat try scarf try on slip-on

Phrases with the word

I don't think I don't understand I don't care Don't worry I don't know dos and don'ts

Derivatives

donned donning

Examples

Reading made Don Quixote a gentleman. Believing what he read made him mad. George Bernard Shaw

Every autobiography is concerned with two characters, a Don Quixote, the Ego, and a Sancho Panza, the Self. W. H. Auden

What has influenced my life more than any other single thing has been my stammer. Had I not stammered I would probably... have gone to Cambridge as my brothers did, perhaps have become a don and every now and then published a dreary book about French literature. W. Somerset Maugham

Carry bread in your hood to Don Garcia's wedding. Spanish Proverb

A man can't do more than he can do. What says Don Ferdinando? American Proverb

Ge fàgas clach don làr, is faisge na sin cobhair Choibhi. Scottish Gaelic Proverb

Close letter words and terms

Domward domy Domzalski Don Bosco Don Budge don clothes