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| don [ don ] (plural dons) |
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| Definition: |
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1. leader of organized crime family: a head of an organized crime family, especially in the Mafia
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2. U.K. university or college teacher: a university or college teacher, especially one at the universities of Oxford or Cambridge in England
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3. Spanish man of rank: a Spanish gentleman or aristocrat
  California in the days of the dons
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| [Late 16th century. Via Spanish< Latin dominus "lord"] |
