Dominique

¹

[ dom-uh-neek ]

noun

1. a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “of the Lord.”

Dominique

²

[ dom-uh-neek ]

noun

, Animal Husbandry.

1. one of an American breed of chicken, having slate-colored plumage crossed by light and dark bars, raised for its meat and brown eggs.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Dominique¹

1800–10, Americanism; named after French Dominique Dominica

Example Sentences

Today is Friday, and after introducing writing and math projects, Dominique and I grab our masks and jump in our cars again.

From Voice of San Diego

Dominique tells the kids he is at the Starbucks parking lot for its wifi.

From Voice of San Diego

Now chef Dominique Ansel has created a Pop Art-themed ice cream sundae on sale for one day only in East Hampton.

From The Daily Beast

By the spring of 2014, cronut creator Dominique Ansel was on to the chocolate chip cookie shooter filed with milk.

From The Daily Beast

Dominique Strauss-Kahn's monumental May 2011 fall from grace rocked France to its core.

From The Daily Beast

Negative points for also portraying Dominique Strauss-Kahn in the upcoming Welcome to New York.

From The Daily Beast

Jean-Dominique Vivant Denon, the first director of the Louvre Museum, had the same plan.

From The Daily Beast

In 1819, the marquis and the comte dwelt together in their house, rue Saint-Dominique, Paris.

From Project Gutenberg

Christian could not eat; she sat, indifferent to the hoverings of Dominique, tormented by uneasy fear and longings.

From Project Gutenberg

It was the voice of Dominique, whose face, illumined by a match, wore an expression of ironical disgust.

From Project Gutenberg

Dominique came round to them, bearing appearance of one who has seen better days, and a pot of coffee brewed on a spirit lamp.

From Project Gutenberg

Dominique's features were fixed in a sardonic grin; he rubbed the palm of one hand with the finger of the other.

From Project Gutenberg