dominie

[ dom-uh-nee, doh-muh- ]

noun

1. Chiefly Scot. a schoolmaster.
2. a pastor in the Dutch Reformed Church.
3. Chiefly Hudson Valley. a pastor or minister.

dominie

/ ˈdɒmɪnɪ /

noun

1. a Scot word for schoolmaster
2. a minister or clergyman: also used as a term of address

Word History and Origins

Origin of dominie¹

First recorded in 1605–15; variant of domine

Word History and Origins

Origin of dominie¹

C17: from Latin dominē, vocative case of dominus lord

Example Sentences

Dr. Walter Smith has told in a poem mentioned elsewhere of the brilliant scholar who forgot his dominie; some, alas! forget their mother.

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He also found that the dominie was already on his return to the United States.

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In addition to these two, a little man, thin and wrinkled, but with a clear, quick, restless eye, is sitting in the corner, squeezed into a rather straight place by the laird and the dominie.

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The bribe to a poor Scotch dominie was immense; Fian could not withstand it, and at once enlisted among ‘the Devil’s Own.’

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It is—or they are—more wealthy than before, and they read things, you know, and are a power in Parliament, and are something in the dominie sort to those other classes above and below.

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