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Date: 1900-2000
Language: Italian
Origin: , a respectful name, from Latin dominus 'lord'

don

1 noun
     
Related topics: College
don1 [countable]
1SEC British English a university teacher, especially one who teaches at the universities of Oxford or Cambridge
2 informal the leader of a Mafia organization
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