domine
noun
Forms domines
- noun Lord; master.
- noun A clergyman; especially a settled minister or parson.
- noun A West Indian fish (Epinnula magistralis), of the family Trichiuridae.
Synonyms
Etymology
From Latin dominus. Doublet of dom, dominie, dominus, and don.
Webster’s 1913
- noun A name given to a pastor of the Reformed Church. The word is also applied locally in the United States, in colloquial speech, to any clergyman.
- noun A West Indian fish (Epinula magistralis), of the family Trichiuridæ. It is a long-bodied, voracious fish.
Etymology [See Dominie.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “domine”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details