Hypertext Webster Gateway: "don"
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) 1.7 (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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