What is "don"

Don \Don\ (d[o^]n), n. [Sp. don; akin to Pg. dom, It. donno; fr. L. dominus master. See Dame, and cf. Domine, Dominie, Domino, Dan, Dom.]

1. Sir; Mr; Signior; -- a title in Spain, formerly given to noblemen and gentlemen only, but now common to all classes.

   Don is used in Italy, though not so much as in Spain. France talks of Dom Calmet, England of Dan Lydgate.
   --Oliphant.

2. A grand personage, or one making pretension to consequence; especially, the head of a college, or one of the fellows at the English universities. [Univ. Cant] ``The great dons of wit.''
   --Dryden.

Don \Don\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Donned; p. pr. & vb. n. Donning.] [Do + on; -- opposed to doff. See Do, v. t., 7.] To put on; to dress in; to invest one's self with.

Should I don this robe and trouble you.
--Shak.

At night, or in the rain, He dons a surcoat which he doffs at morn.
--Emerson. [1913 Webster] ||

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).

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.

Etymology 1 n. 1 A university professor, particularly one at Oxford or Cambridge. 2 A mafia boss. Etymology 2

vb. (context clothing English) to put on, to dress in

1. v. put clothing on one's body; "What should I wear today?"; "He put on his best suit for the wedding"; "The princess donned a long blue dress"; "The queen assumed the stately robes"; "He got into his jeans" [syn: wear, put on, get into, assume]

2. [also: donning, donned]

Don or DON and variants may refer to:

Don (, , ) from Latin dominus, (roughly, "Lord") is an honorific title used in Spain, Portugal, Italy, Latin America and the Philippines. The female equivalent is doña , donna , and dona , abbreviated "Dª" or simply "D."

Dôn is a Welsh mother goddess. She does not play a direct part in the action of the Mabinogi, though many characters in that cycle are related to her. She is the mother of Arianrhod, Gwydion, Gilfaethwy, Gofannon, Eufydd, Elestron and Amaethon. Patrick K. Ford asserts that she is the equivalent of the Irish Danu and of the Gaulish goddess "whose name is preserved in the river name Danube (Donau)".

This theonym appears to be derived from Proto- Celtic *Dānu meaning " fluvial water".

Don (also known as Don: The Chase Begins Again) is a 2006 Indian action film directed by Farhan Akhtar, and produced by Ritesh Sidhwani under Excel Entertainment. The film stars Shah Rukh Khan in a double role, opposite Priyanka Chopra, while Arjun Rampal, Boman Irani, Isha Koppikar and Om Puri appear in supporting roles. It is a remake of the 1978 film of the same name, and follows a simple man from the city of Mumbai (formerly Bombay) in western India who is secretly recruited by a police officer to masquerade as "Don," the ruthless leader of an international chain of drug smugglers.

The film hit theaters worldwide on 20 October 2006, and screened at the Berlin Film Festival. Upon release, the film received a mixed critical response, but it grossed over 105 crores worldwide. It spawned a sequel in 2011, Don 2, with Akhtar, Khan, Chopra, Irani and Puri reprising their roles.

Don (also known as Off-Side) is a Dutch 2006 film, directed by Arend Steenbergen.

Don is a 2007 Telugu action film produced by M.L. Kumar Chowdary on Sri Keerthi Creations banner and directed by Raghava Lawrence. Starring Nagarjuna Akkineni, Anushka Shetty in the lead roles and Raghava Lawrence also made his debut music director for the film. The film released on 20 December 2007. It has also been dubbed into Malayalam on release as Bhai and dubbed into Hindi as Don No. 1. The film was remade in Bangladesh as Don Number One. The film was remade into Odia as Don starring Anubhab Mohanty.

The River Don is a river in Brittany, France. It is a tributary of the river Vilaine.

Don is a masculine given name in the Irish language and a short form of another masculine given name in the English language. The Irish name is derived from the Irish donn; the name can either mean " brown", or "chief", "noble". The Irish name is a variant spelling of Donn. The English name is unrelated to the Irish name; this name is a short form of the given name Donald. Pet forms of this English name include: Donnie and Donny. It can also be a surname, also derived from "brown".

Don is the soundtrack album to 2006 Hindi film of the same name, directed by Farhan Akhtar starring Shahrukh Khan, Priyanka Chopra and Boman Irani. The music was released on 26 August on T-Series and sold over 10,000 copies in India.

Don is a 1978 Indian action film produced by Nariman Irani and directed by Chandra Barot, with music by Kalyanji Anandji and lyrics by Anjaan and Indeewar. The film stars Amitabh Bachchan, Zeenat Aman, Pran, Iftekhar, Helen and Om Shivpuri, Satyen Kappu and Pinchoo Kapoor. It was the third-highest grossing Bollywood movie of 1978, and was classified a golden jubilee by Box Office India. A remake and sequel were released on 20 October 2006 and 23 December 2011, respectively.

Don was a reality TV series in the form of a documentary that was initially launched for Zee News, but later was aired on Zee TV. It was hosted by Bollywood actor, Irfan Khan.

Don features true stories from the underworld gangs and mafia and showcases the people involved in running a parallel world that exists and flourishes out of Mumbai (especially in Dubai). The show broadcasts rare footage and photographs and also gives an insight into the journey of some ordinary people who made it 'big' in the underworld business. It probes into the innermost secrets of the dreaded Dons - about how they planned and executed some of the biggest crimes in history. These stories will also take a perspective from their sharp shooters who used to protect them, the drivers who used to listen to the Don's most intimate conversations, and their bodyguards who were their shadow at all times. In addition, it will show some important confessions by senior police officials, who faced the wrath of these Dons but finally triumphed by driving them out of their dens. The show basically discusses the top underworld dons such as Daud Abraham, Abu Salem et cetera.

Don is an Indian action films, Comics and Video game franchise. The franchise is centered on Don, a fictional mafia lord played by Amitabh Bachchan and Shahrukh Khan in the films.

In the series Amitabh Bachchan stars in the first film and Shahrukh Khan in the rest of the films. After the release of Don 2, the latest installment of the series, it was considered to be one of the finest action film series in India along with Dhoom (film series) and Race (film series).

Don is now the fifth highest grossing film series in Bollywood.

Don is a fictional character in the Don film series. The character was created by the writer duo Salim Khan and Javed Akhtar, and was portrayed by Amitabh Bachchan. Later in the new film series of Don he was replaced by Shahrukh Khan. Don was briefly portrayed by Hrithik Roshan in Don 2 as well in a special appearance He was first introduced in the 1978 film Don. He later appears in a remake Don and its sequel Don 2.

In the film series, he is shown as a crime lord who initially works under Singhania, but later emerges as an Emperor of the Asian and European mafia. He is characterised as evil, cunning and ruthless, though he is shown to exhibit a little romantic interest in his friend-turned-foe Roma. In the original film, he is shown to be dead and a look alike of him named Vijay takes his place to work as an informer to the police. However, in the 2006 remake it is revealed that Don is actually alive and had killed Vijay to take his place for a little while. Later he manages to control the entire Indian Mafia and eventually takes control of the European mafia.

The character had appeared in several films, comics and video games and has managed to gain a cult status in the Indian Cinema.