Associations to the word «Dominican»

Wiktionary

DOMINICAN, noun. A person from the Dominican Republic or of its descent.
DOMINICAN, noun. A person from the Commonwealth of Dominica or of its descent.
DOMINICAN, noun. A member of the religious order founded by St. Dominic.
DOMINICAN, adjective. Of, from, or pertaining to the Dominican Republic, or its people.
DOMINICAN, adjective. Of, from, or pertaining to Dominica, or its people.
DOMINICAN, adjective. Of or belonging to the Dominican religious order.
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, proper noun. A country in the Caribbean.

Dictionary definition

DOMINICAN, noun. A Roman Catholic friar wearing the black mantle of the Dominican order.
DOMINICAN, noun. A native or inhabitant of the Dominican Republic.
DOMINICAN, adjective. Of or relating to or characteristic of the Dominican Republic or its people; "the Dominican population".
DOMINICAN, adjective. Of or relating to Saint Dominic or the Dominican order; "Dominican monks".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats