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For her, domestication requires “two to tango”—a domesticator and a domesticate.

From Science Magazine • Apr. 3, 2023

Then, of course, he thought of his wife—it’s a wonderful domesticator, ill luck—and wondered what she was doing. p.

From The Observations of Henry by Jerome, Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka)

Man, being the strongest of all animals, differs from the rest; he was obliged to be his own domesticator; he had to tame himself.

From Physics and Politics, or, Thoughts on the application of the principles of "natural selection" and "inheritance" to political society by Bagehot, Walter