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don1 (dŏn)

[Spanish dialectal, Italian, both from Latin dominus, lord.]

noun 

  1. Used as a courtesy title before the name of a man in a Spanish-speaking area.
  2. Chiefly British
    1. A head, tutor, or fellow at a college of Oxford or Cambridge.
    2. A college or university professor.
  3. The leader of an organized-crime family.
  4. Archaic An important personage.
don2 (dŏn)

[Middle English, contraction of do on, to put on; see do1.]

transitive verb: donned, don·ning, dons. 

  1. To put on (clothing).
  2. To assume or take on: donned the air of the injured party.