don
Language: EN · Kind: word · Transcription: [/dɒn/]
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Senses
1. don (noun) — sense 1
Definition: A university professor, particularly one at Oxford or Cambridge.
Example: No one feeds at the high table except the dons and the gentlemen-commoners, who are undergraduates in velvet caps and silk gowns[.]
2. don (noun) — sense 2
Definition: An employee of a university residence who lives among the student residents.
3. don (noun) — sense 3
Definition: A mafia boss, especially one who is Italian or Italian-American.
Structure of the word
Roots:- dem (Proto-Indo-European)
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