Synonyms for don

Grammar : Verb

Spell : don; Spanish, Italian dawn

Phonetic Transcription : dɒn; Spanish, Italian dɔn

Définition of don

Origin : 1520s, from Spanish or Portuguese don, title of respect, from Latin dominus "lord, master." The university sense is c.1660, originally student slang; underworld sense is 1952, from Italian don, from Late Latin domnus, from Latin dominus (see domain). The fem. form is Dona (Spanish/Portuguese), Donna (Italian).

verb clothe

Example sentences :

"Your bearing and your words, Don Martin, are such I should have looked for in you," he remarked.
Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle

And whose death comes so opportunely for thy rise, Don Alvar?
Extract from : « Calderon The Courtier » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Mr. Don looks into the greyness from which this voice comes, and he sees his son.
Extract from : « Echoes of the War » by J. M. Barrie

Mr. Don rises, wincing, and Dick also is at once on his feet, full of compunction.
Extract from : « Echoes of the War » by J. M. Barrie

Mrs. Don comes in, as beautiful as ever, but a little aggrieved.
Extract from : « Echoes of the War » by J. M. Barrie

The old greasy is the jacket, and Mr. Don obediently gets into it.
Extract from : « Echoes of the War » by J. M. Barrie

Evidently Dick is the taller, for Mr. Don has to look up to him.
Extract from : « Echoes of the War » by J. M. Barrie

Mrs. Don says, and, without a word of reproach, she goes away.
Extract from : « Echoes of the War » by J. M. Barrie

Oh, Mr. Don—' She goes to him like a child, and he soothes and pets her.
Extract from : « Echoes of the War » by J. M. Barrie

In the better light Mr. Don is now able to read his paper if he chooses.
Extract from : « Echoes of the War » by J. M. Barrie

Antonyms for don

disrobe

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