Don vs Doe - What's the difference?
don | doe |
(clothing) to put on, to dress in
A female deer; also used of similar animals such as reindeer, antelope, goat.
A female fallow deer.
A female rabbit.
A female hare.
A female squirrel.
A female kangaroo
* 1620 Mayflower Compact
As a noun don
is (science) (dissolved organic nitrogen).As a proper noun doe is
a surname of english origin.don
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) dominus'', "lord", "head of household", akin to Spanish ''don'' and Italian ''dom''; from ''domus'', "house", + diminutive suffix ''-inus . Compare dominie.Derived terms
* donnishEtymology 2
A contraction of (etyl) do on. Compare also doff.Verb
(donn)- To don one's clothes.
Antonyms
* (put on clothes)See also
* (l) * (l)Anagrams
* ----doe
English
Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* (female deer) hind (female red deer) * (female kangaroo) blue flyer (female red kangaroo)Verb
(head)- ...a voyage to plant ye first colonie in ye Northerne parts of Virginia, doe by these presents solemnly & mutualy in ye presence of God...