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‖ Doña, Dona|ˈdoɲa, ˈdəʊnə|
[Sp. doña, Pg. dona:—L. domina mistress, lady.]
1. A (Spanish or Portuguese) lady. Also prefixed to the name as a title of courtesy.
1622Mabbe tr. Aleman's Guzman d' Alf. II. x. 204 We forget to goe for Doña Beatriz the new marryed Bride. a1674in Dryden's Wks. (1884) VIII. 513 Was there never a Dona in all Spain worthy your kindness? 1840Longfellow Sp. Stud. i. i, Doña Serafina and her cousins.
2. slang. (in form dona, also vulgarly donah, doner.) A woman; a sweetheart.
1873Slang Dict., Dona and feeles, a woman and children. 1875Athenæum 24 Apr. 545 A circus man almost always speaks of a circus woman, not as a woman, but a dona. 1887J. Farrell How He Died 62 Blokes and donahs..of the foulest slums. 1894Yellow Bk. I. 79 The little doner. |