Donald

[ don-ld ]

noun
  1. a male given name: from Celtic words meaning “world” and “power.”

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How to use Donald in a sentence

  • However, he arrived in Aberdeen radiant, gave his lecture, and at the end was presented by Donald with a cheque for twenty pounds.

    Friend Mac Donald | Max O'Rell
  • Donald has a still cooler head than his neighbour John Bull, and that is saying a good deal.

    Friend Mac Donald | Max O'Rell
  • Scotch shrewdness expresses itself in a phraseology all its own, and of which Donald alone possesses the secret.

    Friend Mac Donald | Max O'Rell
  • Donald knows how to accept social inferiority; he may perhaps envy his betters, but he does not hate them.

    Friend Mac Donald | Max O'Rell
  • "Yes, Donald; but I never told you that you should swallow them," replies the pastor, who was as witty as his parishioner.

    Friend Mac Donald | Max O'Rell

British Dictionary definitions for Donald

Donald

/ (ˈdɒnəld) /


noun
  1. ?1031–1100, king of Scotland (1093–94; 1094–97)

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