Antonyms for don
Grammar : Verb |
Spell : don; Spanish, Italian dawn |
Phonetic Transcription : dɒn; Spanish, Italian dɔn |
Definition 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
- "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
Synonyms for don
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