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Dominican

1 American  
[duh-min-i-kuhn] / dəˈmɪn ɪ kən /

adjective

  1. of or relating to St. Dominic or the Dominicans.

noun

  1. a member of one of the mendicant religious orders founded by St. Dominic; Black Friar.

Dominican 2 American  
[duh-min-i-kuhn, dom-uh-nee-kuhn, duh-min-i-] / dəˈmɪn ɪ kən, ˌdɒm əˈni kən, dəˈmɪn ɪ- /

adjective

  1. of or relating to the Dominican Republic.

  2. of or relating to the Commonwealth of Dominica.

noun

  1. a native or inhabitant of the Dominican Republic.

  2. a native or inhabitant of the Commonwealth of Dominica.

Dominican 1 British  
/ dəˈmɪnɪkən /

noun

    1. a member of an order of preaching friars founded by Saint Dominic in 1215; a Blackfriar

    2. a nun of one of the orders founded under the patronage of Saint Dominic

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adjective

  1. of or relating to Saint Dominic or the Dominican order

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Dominican 2 British  
/ dəˈmɪnɪkən /

adjective

  1. of or relating to the Dominican Republic or Dominica

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noun

  1. a native or inhabitant of the Dominican Republic or Dominica

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Etymology

Origin of Dominican1

1625–35; Dominic- (stem of Dominicus Latinized form of Domingo de Guzman, founder of the order) + -an

Origin of Dominican2

< Spanish dominicano; Dominican 1 ( defs. 2 ) Dominican 2 ( defs. 4 ) Dominic(a) + -an

Example Sentences

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Your Cuban and Dominican family is a fixture of your Netflix special, “American Boy.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2026

Shakespeare's Blackfriars property was thought to have been part of "the Great Gate" over the entrance to the Blackfriars precinct, a major 13th-century Dominican friary.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

The Dominican Sisters of Hawthorne operate a 42-bed nursing facility in New York that gives free palliative care to poor people with cancer.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

In the Cueva de Mono in the southern Dominican Republic, he uncovered thousands of fossils from what appeared to be the same species.

From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026

She had short hair like me, and we went to the same Dominican hair stylist for a while.

From "Courage to Soar" by Simone Biles

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