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Yet This May Increase A Dons Standing

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noun

• a seat for one person, with a support for the back

• the position of professor

• the officer who presides at the meetings of an organization

• an instrument of execution by electrocution; resembles an ordinary seat for one person

• a particular seat in an orchestra

verb

• act or preside as chair, as of an academic department in a university

• preside over

29%6 One who dons clothing
noun

• a person who wears or carries or displays something as a body covering or accessory

29%9Dons garments
verb

• provide with military equipment

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