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Definition of Dominican noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Dominican

noun
 
/dəˈmɪnɪkən/
 
/dəˈmɪnɪkən/
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  1. a member of a Christian group of friars or nuns following the rules of St DominicTopics Religion and festivalsc2
  2. a person from the Dominican Republic
  3. a person from the island of Dominica
    4. Word Originlate 16th cent.: from medieval Latin Dominicanus, from Dominicus, the Latin name of Domingo de Guzmán (c.1170-1221), the Spanish priest and friar who established the order.
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