Meaning

3 senses

  1. A title given to royalty and high-ranking ecclesiastics in Portugal and Brazil.

  2. A title given to Roman Catholic monastic dignitaries.

  3. A caste (or member of this caste) in Indian society, originally comprising drummers or travelling musicians and now generally referring to a Dalit subcaste responsible for the cremation and disposal of dead bodies.

Examples

9 sentences

  1. Dom's father is cutting the chicken in the kitchen.

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  2. Tom is my dom.

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  3. He's a dom.

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  4. You're a dom.

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  5. You're the dom.

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Origin

From Portuguese dom, and its source, Latin dominus. From Hindi [Term?], from Sanskrit डोम

From Portuguese dom, and its source, Latin dominus.

From Hindi [Term?], from Sanskrit डोम (ḍoma). Doublet of Rom.

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Forms

plural: Doms
SingularDom
PluralDoms

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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