1 (BrE) a teacher at a university, especially Oxford or Cambridge
seealsoDONNISH
2 (informal) the leader of a group of criminals involved with the Mafia
verb (-nn-) [VN] (formal) to put clothes, etc. on:
He donned his jacket and went out.
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