Dominican

noun

Do·​min·​i·​can də-ˈmi-ni-kən 

: a member of a mendicant order of friars founded by St. Dominic in 1215 and dedicated especially to preaching

Dominican adjective

Examples of Dominican in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

An accordion-heavy folk genre from the Caribbean region of Colombia, vallenato was the kind of provincial song format some upper-class Latinos would consider coarse and inappropriate — much like tango in Argentina or bachata in the Dominican Republic. —Ernesto Lechner, Variety, 22 July 2024

Cruz, an international signee out of the Dominican Republic in 2021, finished the fifth and sixth frames. —Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 20 July 2024

The majority of the returns are from the Dominican Republic, which shares the island of Hispaniola with Haiti. —Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 19 July 2024

The brewery’s menu is a fusion of Caribbean foods from the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Jamaica, Mexico, Venezuela and Haiti. —Catherine Muccigrosso, Charlotte Observer, 18 July 2024

Word History

Etymology

St. Dominic

First Known Use

1534, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

Dominican

noun

Do·​min·​i·​can də-ˈmin-i-kən 

: a member of a mendicant order of preaching friars founded in 1215

Dominican adjective