From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Don \Don\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Donned; p. pr. & vb. n.
Donning.] [Do + on; -- opposed to doff. See Do, v. t.,
7.]
To put on; to dress in; to invest one's self with.
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Should I don this robe and trouble you. --Shak.
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At night, or in the rain,
He dons a surcoat which he doffs at morn. --Emerson.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Don \Don\ (d[o^]n), n. [Sp. don; akin to Pg. dom, It. donno; fr.
L. dominus master. See Dame, and cf. Domine, Dominie,
Domino, Dan, Dom.]
1. Sir; Mr; Signior; -- a title in Spain, formerly given to
noblemen and gentlemen only, but now common to all
classes.
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Don is used in Italy, though not so much as in
Spain. France talks of Dom Calmet, England of Dan
Lydgate. --Oliphant.
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2. A grand personage, or one making pretension to
consequence; especially, the head of a college, or one of
the fellows at the English universities. [Univ. Cant] "The
great dons of wit." --Dryden.
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