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don

UK/dɒn/ US/dɑn/ very common uk
verb (1) noun (5)

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”
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noun

1.
2.
3.

the head of an organized crime family

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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

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Origin

* As an English and Scottish surname, variant of Dunn. * Also as an English and Scottish surname, from Dun, a place in Scotland. * As an Italian surname, variant of Dono, shortened from dono di Dio (“gift of God”). * As a Galician surname, from a nickname derived from don (“kindness, favor”). * As a Hungarian surname, variant of Donát, Donath. * As a French surname of Germanic origin, from the old name Dodo, related to Dodier, from the name Dodhari, the first element a reduplicated word of arbitrary origin and the second from *hari (“army”). * Also as a French surname, from the place Don in Nord. * As a Jewish surname, from a variant of Dan. * As a Chinese surname, Romanized from 曾, see Zeng. * As a Vietnamese surname Đôn, possibly from Chinese 敦, see Dun.

Phrases

  • don hand

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