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dominie

noun

Etymology

Alteration of domine, with spelling changed to reflect pronunciation. Doublet of dom, dominus, and don.

Definitions

  1. A schoolmaster, teacher.

    • In the first room we entered, a soldier and a man, like a clerk or dominie, were discussing a bottle of red wine; they immediately sprang up and politely proffered us each a bumper.
    • the sign-painter's boy said that when the dominie had reached the proper condition on Examination Evening he would "manage the thing".

  2. A pastor of the Dutch Reformed Church.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA