Don
a Spanish gentleman or nobleman
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,714 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 10,579 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.005% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- a Spanish gentleman or nobleman
- teacher at a university or college (especially at Cambridge or Oxford) also: preceptor
- the head of an organized crime family also: father
- Celtic goddess; mother of Gwydion and Arianrhod; corresponds to Irish Danu
- a European river in southwestern Russia; flows into the Sea of Azov also: Don River
- a Spanish courtesy title or form of address for men that is prefixed to the forename Don Roberto
verb
- put clothing on one's body also: wear, put on, get into, assume What should I wear today?He put on his best suit for the wedding
Don in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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You were not at the play tonight, Don Carlos; How happened it?
The Complete Poetical Works of Henry · Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · Chapter 2
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We may say, for example, that "Don Quixote" had to create its sympathetic audience.
The Novel and the Common School · Charles Dudley Warner · Chapter 1
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One of his schoolmates came to school with a wonderful illustrated copy of "Don Quixote" arranged for children.
The Soul of a Child · Edwin Björkman · Chapter 1
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This was willingly granted, and Don Luis even undertook to send Sir Pyramus Kogel, whom he knew by sight, to her.
Barbara Blomberg — Volume 08 · Georg Ebers · Chapter 3
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He talked of Rob Roy, Don Juan, and Pelham; Macbeth and Ulysses; but, above all things, was an ardent admirer of Camoens.
White Jacket · Herman Melville · Chapter 2