Dominican

noun

Do·​min·​i·​can də-ˈmi-ni-kən How to pronounce Dominican (audio)
: a member of a mendicant order of friars founded by St. Dominic in 1215 and dedicated especially to preaching
Dominican adjective

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And while most of the islands on the list have populations in the tens of thousands, a couple winners are home to more than a million, like Jamaica (No. 14) and the Dominican Republic (No. 25). Hannah Walhout, Travel + Leisure, 8 July 2025 Rosary has gone through changes and expansion since its founding, but has remained an all-girls, Catholic school sponsored by the Dominican Sisters of Springfield. Molly Morrow, Chicago Tribune, 7 July 2025 In 2014, Rojas — who’d spent two years in Argentina studying music production and sound engineering — returned to the Dominican Republic with a music library chock-full of dubstep and drum-and-bass instrumentals. Richard Villegas, Rolling Stone, 7 July 2025 The tour will kick off Nov. 21 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, before making its way through Latin America through late February. Pamela Avila, USA Today, 5 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for Dominican

Word History

Etymology

St. Dominic

First Known Use

1534, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of Dominican was in 1534

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“Dominican.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Dominican. Accessed 11 Jul. 2025.

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Dominican

noun
Do·​min·​i·​can də-ˈmin-i-kən How to pronounce Dominican (audio)
: a member of a mendicant order of preaching friars founded in 1215
Dominican adjective

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