Definition of Donne

1. Noun. English clergyman and metaphysical poet celebrated as a preacher (1572-1631).

Exact synonyms: John Donne
Generic synonyms: Clergyman, Man Of The Cloth, Reverend, Poet
Derivative terms: Donnean, Donnian

Definition of Donne

1. donna [n] - See also: donna

Lexicographical Neighbors of Donne

Donders' glaucoma
Donders' law
Donders' pressure
Donders' rings
Donegal
Donets Basin
Donetsk
Donetske
Dongguan
Dongola
Donizetti
Donkin
Donn Cuailnge
Donna
Donnan equilibrium
Donne (current term)
Donne's corpuscle
Donnean
Donnian
Donnie
Donny
Donovan
Donovan's bodies
Dons
Doolittle
Doom
Doomsday Book

Literary usage of Donne

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan, Izaak Walton (1909)
"Donne MASTER JOHN Donne was born in London, in the year 1573, of good and virtuous parents; and, though his own learning and other multiplied merits may ..."

2. The Cambridge History of English Literature by Adolphus William Ward, Alfred Rayney Waller (1910)
"Writing to Sir Thomas Egerton in the following February, Donne disclaims all "love of a corrupt religion." Yet, during the preceding year, he had been busy ..."

3. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1901)
"68) :— " This made the Lord Chancellor Egerton the willinger to exchange incomparable Doctor D [Donne] for the less sufficient, though in this more modest, ..."

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