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dominie † [< Scots] 
1 n. a school-teacher, especially a Scot.
- 1829 . . . the parents blame the dominie for want of attention, he leaves the parish, finds teaching elsewhere, and no one is found to replace him.
- 1883 Never did school-boy get a more stinging "lick" from an irate dominie than did Tauton from that thick jagged strap.
- 1964 Ex Dominie's caustic letter discussing Mr. Hamm's "orgy of overgeneralization" is somewhat deplorable. . . . I am disappointed that Ex Dominie finds it necessary to adopt a tone which criticizes a person rather than ideas.
2a n. a Presbyterian minister.
- 1909 Straight from Aberdeen, the young Dominee coming into Winnipeg little dreamed that the Church of Rome had established its Mission on the Red River decades ago.
- 1947 Company records show that in 1808 there arrived at Fort York three young dominies. . . .
- 1952 (1954) "Mister MacLean is to be dominie of the Red River Parish," I put in quickly.
2b n. any Christian minister.
- 1930 "I repeat, the game of checkers has no place in a Christian home," said the dominie [the Rev. Axel Borg, Lutheran].
- 1829 . . . the parents blame the dominie for want of attention, he leaves the parish, finds teaching elsewhere, and no one is found to replace him.