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Underboss vs Don - What's the difference?

underboss | don |

As nouns the difference between underboss and don

is that underboss is an assistant to the boss of a crime family while don is (science) (dissolved organic nitrogen).

underboss

English

Noun

(es)
  • An assistant to the boss of a crime family
  • *{{quote-news, 1965, January 6, Peter Kihss, 1,500 in 5 Crime 'Families' Identified, New York Times citation
    • , passage=An alleged "underboss " of the Bonanno family, Carmine Galante, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison

    References

    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.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A university professor, particularly one at Oxford or Cambridge.
  • A mafia boss.
    • Derived terms
    * donnish

    Etymology 2

    A contraction of (etyl) do on. Compare also doff.

    Verb

    (donn)
  • (clothing) to put on, to dress in
    • To don one's clothes.
    Antonyms
    * (put on clothes)
    See also
    * (l) * (l)

    Anagrams

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