Don
    n 1: a Spanish gentleman or nobleman
    2: teacher at a university or college (especially at Cambridge
       or Oxford) [syn: preceptor, don]
    3: the head of an organized crime family [syn: don, 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 [syn: Don, Don River]
    6: a Spanish courtesy title or form of address for men that is
       prefixed to the forename; "Don Roberto"
    v 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" [syn: wear, put on,
         get into, don, assume]

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.
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         Should I don this robe and trouble you.  --Shak.
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         At night, or in the rain,
         He dons a surcoat which he doffs at morn. --Emerson.
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Don \Don\ (d[o^]n), 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.
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            Don is used in Italy, though not so much as in
            Spain. France talks of Dom Calmet, England of Dan
            Lydgate.                              --Oliphant.
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   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.
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