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   don

   /dɒn/

   noun

   • 1. a university teacher, especially a senior member of a college at Oxford or Cambridge: British "his brother was a don at New College"
   • 2. a Spanish title prefixed to a male forename: "Don Fernando was a jovial companion"
   • ▪ a Spanish gentleman.
   • ▪ a high-ranking member of the Mafia: informal North American "he has behaved like a mafia don"

   Word Origin early 16th century (in don1 (sense 2 of the noun)): from Spanish, from Latin dominus ‘lord, master’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. donship noun

   Scrabble Points: 4

   • D

     2

   • O

     1

   • N

     1

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