domestic

²domestic

noun

Definition of DOMESTIC

1

: a household servant

2

: an article of domestic manufacture —usually used in plural

Examples of DOMESTIC

1. She got in a domestic with her husband.
2. <working as a team, the man and his wife hired themselves out as domestics for wealthy homeowners>

First Known Use of DOMESTIC

1613

Related to DOMESTIC

Synonyms: daily [British], servant, flunky (also flunkey or flunkie), lackey, menial, retainer, slavey, steward

Antonyms: master, mistress

Related Words: butler, footman, groom, houseboy, houseman, majordomo, man, manservant, servitor, valet; handmaiden (also handmaid), housekeeper, housemaid, lady-in-waiting, maid, maidservant, wench, woman; assistant, attendant, companion, factotum, follower; dogsbody [chiefly British], drudge, gofer (or gopher)

Near Antonyms: boss, captain, chief, foreman, head, headman, helmsman, kingpin, leader, taskmaster

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