dominie
/ˈdɒmɪni
/noun (plural dominies)
1Scottish A schoolmaster.It is a sound reaching back to the farthest recesses of his throat, to an Etonian schooling in the late 1940s, and to classroom discipline as a Bo'ness Academy dominie in the late 1950s....
- When she learns that he has been secretly having an affair with the tutor she joins her in attempting to oust the hapless dominie.
- By over-professionalising we exclude mature folk whose experience would make them better dominies in a typical housing estate than a young graduate.
2chiefly US A pastor or clergyman.
Origin
Late 17th century: alteration of Latin domine! (vocative) 'master!, sir!', from dominus 'lord' (formerly used as a polite form of address to a clergyman or member of one of the professions).
Rhymes
- suspire
- Susquehanna
- suss
- sussed
- Sussex
- sustain
- sustainability
- sustainable
- sustainable architecture
- sustainable city
- sustainable development
- sustainable energy
- sustainable tourism
- sustainable transport
- sustainably
- sustained
- sustainedly
- sustained-release
- sustained yield
- sustainer
- sustaining battery
- sustainingly
- sustainment
- sustain pedal
- sustenance