don
IPA: dˈɑn
noun
- A university professor, particularly one at Oxford or Cambridge.
- An employee of a university residence who lives among the student residents.
- A mafia boss.
- (MLE) Any man, bloke, dude.
- A diminutive of the male given names Donald or Gordon.
- A river, the fifth-longest in Europe, in Tula, Lipetsk, Voronezh, Volgograd and Rostov Oblasts, Russia. It flows 1870 kilometers (1160 miles) to the Sea of Azov.
- A river in Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland, United Kingdom, flowing 62 miles to the North Sea at Aberdeen.
- A river in South Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, on which Doncaster is situated.
- A minor river in Tyne and Wear, England, United Kingdom, which joins the Tyne at Jarrow.
- A river in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, named after the River Don in Yorkshire.
- (sciences) dissolved organic nitrogen
- Abbreviation of deoxynivalenol., a toxic byproduct of Fusarium head blight of barley [vomitoxin]
verb
- (transitive) To put on clothing; to dress (oneself) in an article of personal attire.
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Examples of "don" in Sentences
- The Don happily accepts the proposal.
- The epigraph quotes from Don Quixote.
- Does Don Quixote qualify as a picaresque
- The Don is at the top of the chain of authority.
- He donned the robe and showed himself to the crowds.
- He was the godfather of protege Don Muraco's daughter.
- At the east end is the start of the Don Valley Parkway.
- Don captured the gold in the 200m and the silver in the 100m.
- Don Andres orders him to the dungeon for recalcitrant husbands.
- A contrite Don shows up at the audition for a replacement actor.
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