D.

D. (usually preceded in English by the) is the abbreviation for the Spanish honorific Don and the Portuguese honorific Dom, a mark of high esteem for a distinguished Christian hidalgo or nobleman. It is still the usual form to refer to a known priest, as in French Dom. The use is roughly comparable to the style The Honourable in British custom, but closer to Lord or Lady, although the analogy is a loose one, at best. The female version is D? for Do?a (Spanish) and Dona (Portuguese).

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Don/Dom or Do?a/Dona is attached to the Christian name, and the person is then addressed as such. For example, if Se?or Diego de la Vega is to be addressed as a don, then the correct form of address would not be *"Don de la Vega", but "Don Diego".

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In Catalan, the equivalent form is en/na.

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