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[PEDRO, 8.] don, s . [Sp., from Lat. dominus .] [DAN.] 1. A title in Spain now given to all cla es, but formerly restricted to upper cla es; sir, signior. "He had a Spanish name, spoke Spanish, and affected the grave deportment of a Spanish don."-Macaulay: Hist. Eng ., ch. xxiv. 2. Univ.: A fellow of a college. "The trio of undergraduates pa ed others, who were evidently dons, without the slightest notice." Cuthbert Bede: Verdant Green, pt. i., ch. viii. 3. A person of high position or importance; a leader, a chief. "I see a great many of your brotherhood waiting to know what will befall their mighty Don." -Macaulay: Hist. Eng ., ch. iv. 4. One who a umes airs of great importance. "For the great dons of wit- Phœbus gives them full privilege alone To damn all others, and cry up their own." Dryden: Epilogue to Indian Emperor. đòn, v . t . [A contraction of do on .] [Do, v.] Το put on, to invest with, to a ume: the opposite to doff (q. v.). don-ạ, s. [DONNA.] *don-a-ble, a. [Lat. donabilis , from do no to give, to present.) That may or can be given.