DON
- Definiția din dicționar
Traducere: română
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Don (dŏn), 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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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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