Meaning

4 senses
  1. A dominant in sadomasochistic sexual practices.

  2. Domination.

    господинgospodin, госпожаgospoža

  3. A title formerly borne by member of the high nobility of Portugal and Brazil.

  4. A title anciently given to the pope, and later to other church dignitaries and some monastic orders.

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.

  5. You're the dom.

Translations

5 languages
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By meaning 1
person who dominates in BDSM practices:

Origin

Clipping of dominance, dominant, dominate, or domination. Borrowed from Portuguese dom. D

Clipping of dominance, dominant, dominate, or domination.

Borrowed from Portuguese dom. Doublet of domine, dominie, dominus, and don.

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Forms

plural: doms / dons
Singulardom
Pluraldoms / dons

regular

Word family

7 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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