don

Meaning

1. A university professor, particularly one at Oxford or Cambridge.
2. An employee of a university residence who lives among the student residents.
3. A mafia boss.
4. A (usually Spanish or Italian) title of respect to a man, especially a lord or nobleman.
5. Any man, bloke, dude.

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/dɒn/

From Latin dominus (“lord, head of household”), akin to Italian don, Sicilian don, Spanish don; from domus (“house”). Doublet of dom, domine, dominie, and dominus.