don

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see also: Don, DON

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Pronunciation

• (GA) IPA: /dɑn/
• (RP) IPA: /dɒn/

Noun

don (plural dons)

1. A university professor, particularly one at Oxford or Cambridge.
2. An employee of a university residence who lives among the student residents.
3. A mafia boss.

Translations

• Italian: don
• Russian: паха́н

Verb

don (dons, present participle donning; past and past participle donned)

1. (transitive, clothing) To put on, to dress in.

   To don one's clothes.

Synonyms

• (put on clothes) clothe, dight, enrobe; see also Thesaurus:clothe

Antonyms

• (put on clothes) doff

Translations

• French: mettre, enfiler, revêtir
• German: anziehen
• Italian: mettere, indossare, portare
• Portuguese: vestir
• Russian: надева́ть

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Don

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Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /dɒn/
• (America) IPA: /dɑn/

Proper noun

1. A diminutive of the male given name Donald or Gordon.

Proper noun

1. A river in European Russia, flowing 1200 miles to the Sea of Azov. Called Tanais in classical sources.

Translations

• German: Don
• Portuguese: Don
• Russian: Дон

Proper noun

1. A river in Scotland, flowing 62 miles to the North Sea.
2. A river in South Yorkshire, England, on which Doncaster is situated.

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DON

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Noun

don (uncountable)

1. (science) dissolved organic nitrogen
2. Abbreviation of deoxynivalenol., a toxic byproduct of Fusarium head blight of barley

Synonyms

• (deoxynivalenol) vomitoxin

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