dominie
Americannoun
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Chiefly Scot. a schoolmaster.
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a pastor in the Dutch Reformed Church.
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Chiefly Hudson Valley. a pastor or minister.
noun
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a Scot word for schoolmaster
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a minister or clergyman: also used as a term of address
Etymology
Origin of dominie
First recorded in 1605–15; variant of domine
Example Sentences
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In 1966, she took over from Vanessa Redgrave as Muriel Spark's mind-bending dominie in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie at Wyndham's theatre.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 4, 2011
"The clothes you make for your marionettes are not bad," said the dominie.
From Time Magazine Archive
But in his own home, he was a dominie indeed.
From Time Magazine Archive
Its gist: A dispirited dominie is cheered on Christmas Eve by remembering that at the Last Supper, Christ offered the wine to Judas Iscariot.
From Time Magazine Archive
He also found that the dominie was already on his return to the United States.
From The Romance of a Great Store by Hungerford, Edward
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