Don

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·vt To put on; to dress in; to invest one's self with.

II. Don ·noun Sir; Mr; Signior;

— a title in Spain, formerly given to noblemen and gentlemen only, but now common to all classes.

III. Don ·noun A grand personage, or one making pretension to consequence; especially, the head of a college, or one of the fellows at the English universities.

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