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The Donald

The Donald proper noun: nickname for Donald Trump.

Proper noun (1)

The Donald

  1. (informal) Nickname for Donald Trump.
    • The Donald's strange pompadour and Hillary's strange server have eclipsed all the usual primary permutations.2015 August 22, Maureen Dowd, “Donald Trump Struts in His Own Pageant”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 22 Aug 2015

Proper noun (2) capitalized: the Donald

the Donald

  1. Alternative letter-case form of The Donald.
    • And anyway, if you read the fine print, the poll doesn't really mean much, having been culled from a self-selected group of Internet surfers who clicked banner ads displaying Trump's face. But then, such details don't bother the Donald, as he is known to his fans, or Mr. T, as some employees refer...2011 April 14, Michael Scherer, “Trump's Political Reality Show: Will the Donald Really Run for President?”, in Time, New York, N.Y.: Time Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 23 Sep 2011
    • “Because I think that if I called him, he would answer the phone, and he would come to fix what is wrong,” said a woman who lives high in the vertical Russian colony called Trump Village—erected by the Donald’s father—in Brooklyn, N.Y. […] Now, like many other Trumpophobic Republicans, he [Lindsey...2016 March 2, “How Donald Trump happened”, in Macleans.ca, archived from the original on 03 Mar 2016

Forms of The Donald

alternative formthe Donald

Origin of The Donald

Coined by Donald Trump's first wife, Ivana Trump, who referred to him as such in a 1989 cover story for Spy magazine.

Questions about The Donald

What does The Donald mean?
The Donald means nickname for Donald Trump.
What part of speech is The Donald?
The Donald is a proper noun.

Words near The Donald in the dictionary

  1. The Ditch
  2. the dog ate my homework
  3. the dogs bark, but the caravan goes on
  4. the dogs bark, but the caravan moves on
  5. the dollar bean
  6. The Donald
  7. the dose makes the poison
  8. The Dot
  9. the double O
  10. the dress
  11. the drinks are on me

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