don2
[don]
- to put on or dress in: to don one's clothes.
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Origin of don2
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Contemporary Examples
Mailer would argue, for example, that timidity does more harm to the novelist than donning a mask of extreme self-confidence.
See if you still feel comfortable walking around in a Robert Griffin III jersey while donning warpaint.
Haghjoo went out too, donning tape over his mouth and a sign lauding free speech for Iran.
And Prince, apparently, performed a three-hour set replete with six encores, all while donning a “spirit animal” ski hat.
To make things worse, the male offender in question is donning pigtails and a non-blinking expression right out of The Shining.
Historical Examples
"I'll walk a bit with you," said his sister, donning her jacket and a cap.
The SpendersHarry Leon Wilson
By donning it again he would at least wear mourning for his manhood.
The Three Cities Trilogy, CompleteEmile Zola
If monsieur feels that the cap fits him, I shall not stay him in the act of donning it.
St. Martin's SummerRafael Sabatini
It was a quarter to eleven, and the men were donning their oilskins, with a view to hauling.
Chatterbox, 1905.Various
In the morning, Stoltzfoos prepared for his trip into Datura by donning his Sunday-best.
Blind Man's LanternAllen Kim Lang
don1
- (tr) to put on (clothing)
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Word Origin
C14: from do 1 + on; compare doff
don2
- British a member of the teaching staff at a university or college, esp at Oxford or Cambridge
- the head of a student dormitory at certain Canadian universities and colleges
- a Spanish gentleman or nobleman
- (in the Mafia) the head of a family
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Word Origin
C17: ultimately from Latin dominus lord
Don1
- a Spanish title equivalent to Mr : placed before a name to indicate respect
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Word Origin
C16: via Spanish, from Latin dominus lord; see don ²
Don2
- a river rising in W Russia, southeast of Tula and flowing generally south, to the Sea of Azov: linked by canal to the River Volga. Length: 1870 km (1162 miles)
- a river in NE Scotland, rising in the Cairngorm Mountains and flowing east to the North Sea. Length: 100 km (62 miles)
- a river in N central England, rising in S Yorkshire and flowing northeast to the Humber. Length: about 96 km (60 miles)
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Word Origin and History for donning
don
n.
1520s, from Spanish or Portuguese don, title of respect, from Latin dominus "lord, master." The university sense is c.1660, originally student slang; underworld sense is 1952, from Italian don, from Late Latin domnus, from Latin dominus (see domain). The fem. form is Dona (Spanish/Portuguese), Donna (Italian).
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don
v.
early 14c. contraction of do on (see doff). "After 1650 retained in popular use only in north. dialect; as a literary archaism it has become very frequent in 19th c." [OED]. Related: Donned; donning.
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