Dom
proper nounnounnounproper nouncommon in dialogue
- United Kingdom//dɒm//
- United States//dɑm//
- Australia//dɔm//
A unisex given name, a form of Dominic or Dominique.
proper noun
- 1
A unisex given name, a form of Dominic or Dominique.
- 2
Variant of domAlternative letter-case form of dom.
Etymology
Shortenings.
noun
- 1
A title given to royalty and high-ranking ecclesiastics in Portugal and Brazil.
- 2
A title given to Roman Catholic monastic dignitaries.
Etymology
From Portuguese dom, and its source, Latin dominus.
noun
- 1
A caste (or member of this caste) in Indian society, originally comprising drummers or travelling musicians and now generally referring to a Dalit subcaste responsible for the cremation and disposal of dead bodies.
Chand Ghat, where Dolly lives, is primarily a Dom neighbourhood, home to a small community of corpse-burners.
Etymology
From Hindi [Term?], from Sanskrit डोम (ḍoma). Doublet of Rom.
proper noun
- 1
An Indo-Aryan ethnic group, living mainly in the Middle East and North Africa.
- 2
A Middle Eastern Gypsy.
Etymology
Related to Rom and Lom.
Forms
- plural
- Doms
Dom · A unisex given name, a form of Dominic or Dominique.
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