Don

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Don

Type

free base

Denotation

male honorific title

Etymology

(1) Italian don, from donno; Late Latin domnus; Latin dominus; (2) Sicilian don; Late Latin dom, from domnus; Latin dominus; (3) Spanish don; Late Latin dom, from domnus; Latin dominus

Evidence

don, donnish, donnism, donny, dons, donship

Notes

don, dom, domine, dominus, and dominie are doublets

See Also

Domine, Dominie, Dom, Dame, Donna, Dams, Demois, Donz, Donc

Homographs

Don, Don(e) [Done, Don]