- (British English)
a teacher at a university, especially Oxford or Cambridge （尤指牛津大学和剑桥大学的）大学教师 an Oxford don 牛津大学教师
(often used as a title 常用作头衔 a Spanish gentleman 唐： 西班牙绅士She imagined a Spanish don living here in the 1800s. 她想象19世纪有一个西班牙人住在这里。 Don Jose 唐·何塞
- (informal)
the leader of a group of criminals involved with the Mafia 黑手党头目
Word Originnoun early 16th cent. (referring to a Spanish title which came before a male first name): from Spanish, from Latin dominus ‘lord, master’.