[don] vt donned ; don.ning [ME, contr. of do on] (14c) 1: to put on (an article of clothing)
2: to wrap oneself in: take on 3a
[2]don n [Sp, fr. L dominus master--more at dame] (1523) 1: a Spanish nobleman or gentleman--used as a title prefixed to the Christian name
2. archaic: a person of consequence: grandee
3: a head, tutor, or fellow in a college of Oxford or Cambridge University; broadly: a college or university professor
4. [It, title of respect, fr. donno, lit., lord, fr. L dominus]: a powerful Mafia leader