Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Used formerly as a title for male members of Portuguese and Brazilian royalty, aristocracy, and hierarchy, preceding the given name.
- noun Roman Catholic Church Used as a title before the names of Benedictine and Carthusian monks in major or minor orders.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A title anciently given to the pope, and later to other church dignitaries and to some monastic orders. See
don , anddan . - noun In Portugal and Brazil, the title given to a member of the higher classes.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- proper noun A
diminutive of the malegiven name Dominic - proper noun An
Indo-Aryan ethnic group .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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Around Green Bay for the next year, Dom is short for dominator.
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Around Green Bay for the next year, Dom is short for dominator.
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Around Green Bay for the next year, Dom is short for dominator.
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I hope you have also learned the proper usage of the title Dom, and that it is reserved for the ordained normally, and why. pax tecum benedicite oremus pro invicem
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Ol 'Dom is in the files, as a retired BMC, not as a
Heroes or Villains? 2010
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I think Dom is mearly trying not to get sued for use of the copyrighted term … just like I stopped wearing the color Magenta … damn t-mobile.
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And with coop play built in, 'Down Again' Dom is only slightly less brain dead when Tim joins in and takes over the character.
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I just hope Dom is at least a bit more intelligent compared to the walking bullet-magnets in R6: V bruce
EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - Gears of War getting wicked good reviews. 2006
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I call Dom and I told him what happend, and I know it sounds like I'm lying.
mesocyclone Diary Entry mesocyclone 2006
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It was held by Portugal till the house of Aviz was extinguished in Dom Sebastião, and since that time has belonged to the crown of Spain.
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