I. dəˈminə̇kən, -nēk- noun
( -s )
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: after St. Dominic (Domingo de Guzmán) died 1221 Spanish Roman Catholic priest who founded it + English -an
: a member of an order of mendicant preaching friars founded in Languedoc in 1215 under the rule of St. Augustine with many borrowings from the Premonstratensian statutes — called also friar preacher
II. adjective
Usage: usually capitalized
1. : of or relating to St. Dominic
2. : of or relating to the Dominicans
III. adjective
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: Dominican Republic, Hispaniola island, West Indies
: of or from the Dominican Republic : of the kind or style prevalent in the Dominican Republic
IV. noun
( -s )
Usage: capitalized
: a native or inhabitant of the Dominican Republic