Don
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- proper noun
- Literature
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Dôn
- I hope you don't live to regret this decision, Don Cortino.
Examples
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I'm, uh, Don Corleone, Mrs. Cavanaugh's cousin.
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This is Don Shanks, my fiancé.
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"Did she escape at night?" Don Lucian put his arm around his son.
Fiction book (1991) -
Until that night, Don Fetterman was the only boy who had ever seen them.
Fiction book (1991) -
For the moment, however, we ought to note the horse on which Don Alvaro rides.
Academic text (1991) -
THIS IS DON PARDO SPEAKING.
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In short, Cervantes has turned the traditional figure into a veritable replication of Don Quijote/Alonso Quijano.
Academic text (1993) -
Legitimate daughter of Don Matias Alexo Martinez and Dona Tomasa de Dios y Mendoza.
Academic text (2011) -
In Welsh mythology, Don is revered as the mother of Gwydion and Arianrhod.
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The goddess Don, associated with creation, is an important figure in ancient Welsh legends.
Synonyms
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A goddess in old Irish stories who is the mother of the Tuatha De Danann
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An ancient Celtic goddess who is the mother of the Irish gods
Compounds
- Literature
A person, often a leader, who avoids blame or punishment despite bad actions
Surface Forms
Etymology
Don in Welsh myth is linked to the Irish goddess Danu and is thought to come from an old word meaning 'mother' or 'earth'. That's why Don is remembered as a mother figure of the gods in the stories.