donald
/ˈdɑn.əld/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.46 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- ""Country?" replied Cuddie; "ou, the country's weel eneugh, and it werena that dour deevil, Calver'se, ( they ca' him Dundee now) that's stirring about yet in the Highlands, they say, with a' the Donalds, and Duncans, and Dugalds, that ever wore bottomless breeks, driving about wi' him, to set things asteer again, - - -"
- "My friends call me Terry. My husband always used my full name, Teresa. He said it made him feel like he was married to a foreign woman. And I never called him Don or Donny or Donny Joe. I called him Donald from the first time we met."
- "Donald Duk never liked his name. He hates his name. He is not a duck. He is not a cartoon character. - - - "Only the Chinese are stupid enough to give a kid a stupid name like Donald Duk," Donald Duk says to himself."
- "The death of anti-feminist activist Phyllis Schlafly on Monday brought commiserations from the GOP ticket. Donald Trump tweeted that she was “truly great.” Mike Pence called her “the First Lady of the Conservative Movement.” Pence wasn’t exaggerating."
- "The White House counsel, Donald F. McGahn II, has cooperated extensively in the special counsel investigation, sharing detailed accounts about the episodes at the heart of the inquiry into whether President Trump obstructed justice, […]"
- "‘But I'm overdue for a Donald. You lot squabble amongst yourselves.’ He stole Catherine's newspaper on the way out."
Etymology
Name of Scottish kings and an early saint, from Scottish Gaelic Dòmhnall and reinforced by Medieval Latin Donvaldus ~ Donaldus, from Old Irish Domnall, from Proto-Celtic *Dubnowalos (“prince / chief of the world”). Doublet of Domhnall.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *h₂welh₁-, Dòmhnall, Donvaldus, Domnall, *Dubnowalos
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈdɑn.əld/
- British English: /ˈdɒn.əld/
Usage
Inflected Forms
Derived Forms
Phrases
Donald Creek
Donald Duck
⇒ Donald Trumpesque
⇒ Donald Trumpian
⇒ Donald Trumpish
→⇒ donaldtrumpi
Donald Trump
The Donald