Dictionary.com
definitions
  • synonyms

dominie

[dom-uh-nee, doh-muh-]
See more synonyms for dominie on Thesaurus.com
noun
  1. Chiefly Scot. a schoolmaster.
  2. a pastor in the Dutch Reformed Church.
  3. Chiefly Hudson Valley. a pastor or minister.
Show More

Origin of dominie

First recorded in 1605–15; variant of domine
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2018

Examples from the Web for dominie

Historical Examples

  • In his excitement the dominie had snapped the stem of his tobacco pipe in two.

    Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates

    Howard Pyle

  • He then walked to the door and admitted the barred-out Dominie.

    Vivian Grey

    Earl of Beaconsfield, Benjamin Disraeli

  • A dominie, an auld dominie; he keepit a schule and ca'ad it an acaadamy!'

    James Boswell

    William Keith Leask

  • "I would not say that either, Cornal," said the dominie firmly.

  • You're not fit for it, lad; you have only the makings of a dominie.

British Dictionary definitions for dominie

dominie

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

Word Origin

C17: from Latin dominē, vocative case of dominus lord
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012