don meaning and definition

DON noun

Definition of Don (noun)

1. a Spanish gentleman or nobleman
2. teacher at a university or college (especially at Cambridge or Oxford)
   • synonyms: preceptor
3. the head of an organized crime family
   • synonyms: father
4. Celtic goddess; mother of Gwydion and Arianrhod; corresponds to Irish Danu
5. a European river in southwestern Russia; flows into the Sea of Azov
   • synonyms: Don River
6. a Spanish courtesy title or form of address for men that is prefixed to the forename
   • "Don Roberto"

DON verb

Definition of don (verb)

1. 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"
   • synonyms: assume, get into, put on, wear