dominie

2 definitions found

dominie - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Dominie \Dom"i*nie\, n. [L. dominus master. See Don, Dame.]
     1. A schoolmaster; a pedagogue. [Scot.]
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              This was Abel Sampson, commonly called, from
              occupation as a pedagogue, Dominie Sampson. --Sir W.
                                                    Scott.
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     2. A clergyman. See Domine, 1. [Scot. & Colloq. U. S.]
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dominie - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  dominie
      n 1: a clergyman; especially a settled minister or parson [syn:
           dominus, dominie, domine, dominee]