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