dominie

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dominie

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

noun dominies

Scotland 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.
US A pastor of the Dutch Reformed Church.

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@misc{dominie_2026,
  title = {dominie},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/dominie},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}