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  • 31Don — (ohne Artikel) <aus span. don bzw. it. don »Herr«, diese aus gleichbed. lat. dominus>: a) in Verbindung mit dem Vornamen gebrauchte span. Bez. für Herr; b) in Verbindung mit dem Vornamen gebrauchter Titel der Priester u. der Angehörigen… …

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  • 32don't — [ dount ] short form 1. ) the usual way of saying or writing do not. This is not often used in formal writing: I don t believe you! Don t tell anyone. 2. ) SPOKEN a way of saying does not. This use is not considered correct: He don t care! …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 33Don|na — «DON uh; Italian DN nah», noun. an Italian lady. ╂[< Italian donna < Latin domina lady, mistress. See etym. of doublets dame (Cf. ↑dame), dona (Cf. ↑dona), doña (Cf. ↑doña), duenna …

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  • 34don|na — «DON uh; Italian DN nah», noun. an Italian lady. ╂[< Italian donna < Latin domina lady, mistress. See etym. of doublets dame (Cf. ↑dame), dona (Cf. ↑dona), doña (Cf. ↑doña), duenna …

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  • 35Don — 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. [1913 Webster] Should I don this robe and trouble you. Shak. [1913 Webster] At night …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 36Don [4] — Don, bei Pflanzennamen: 1) (auch D. Don) für David Don, geb. 1800 in Forfar, gest. 8. Dez. 1841 in London als Professor am King s College. Er schrieb: »Prodromus Florae Nepalensis« (1825), »Outlines of a course of lectures on botany« (1836); – 2) …

    Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • 37don't — (do not) v. contraction used with a pronoun in a question (i.e. Don t we look nice?); no!, command prohibiting something (i.e. Don t touch) n. prohibition, something which is not allowed …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 38don'ts — don t (do not) v. contraction used with a pronoun in a question (i.e. Don t we look nice?); no!, command prohibiting something (i.e. Don t touch) n. prohibition, something which is not allowed …

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  • 39dōn — *dōn, *dēn, *dæ̅n westgerm., stark. Verb: nhd. setzen, machen, tun; westgerm., anom. Verb: nhd. setzen, machen, tun; ne. put, make (Verb); Vw.: s. *an , *bi , *far , *ga ; Rekontruktionsbasis …

    Germanisches Wörterbuch

  • 40don — Ⅰ. don [1] ► NOUN 1) a university teacher, especially a senior member of a college at Oxford or Cambridge. 2) (Don) a Spanish title prefixed to a male forename. 3) N. Amer. informal a high ranking member of the Mafia. ORIGIN Spanish, from Latin… …

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