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Dom

//dɒm// name, noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A unisex given name, a form of Dominic or Dominique.
  2. 2
    An Indo-Aryan ethnic group, living mainly in the Middle East and North Africa.
  3. 3
    Alternative letter-case form of dom. alt-of
Noun
  1. 1
    A dominant in sadomasochistic sexual practices.
  2. 2
    A title formerly borne by member of the high nobility of Portugal and Brazil.
  3. 3
    A title given to royalty and high-ranking ecclesiastics in Portugal and Brazil.
  4. 4
    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."

  5. 5
    Initialism of date of marriage. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
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  1. 6
    Domination.
  2. 7
    A title anciently given to the pope, and later to other church dignitaries and some monastic orders.
  3. 8
    A title given to Roman Catholic monastic dignitaries.
  4. 9
    Initialism of dirty old man. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  5. 10
    Initialism of dissolved organic matter. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  6. 11
    Acronym of Document Object Model. abbreviation, acronym, alt-of

    "The same applies to DHTML. Why can't anyone agree on a single standard? Probably because Micro$oft wants to retain a desktop monopoly in the face of superior technology avaialable on other platforms. Even on Windows, Netscape and IE use different DOMs."

  7. 12
    2,5-Dimethoxy-4-methylamphetamine, a psychedelic and a substituted amphetamine.
  8. 13
    Initialism of disk on module. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Verb
  1. 1
    To dominate. Internet, slang

    "Nola is actually "Nurse Nola," a dominatrix who specializes in medical role playing. […] "After that," she continues, "I started domming, which I did for a long time, but have never liked much.""

Etymology

Etymology 1

Clipping of dominance, dominant, dominate, or domination.

Etymology 2

Clipping of dominance, dominant, dominate, or domination.

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Portuguese dom. Doublet of domine, dominie, dominus, and don.

Etymology 4

Shortenings.

Etymology 5

From Portuguese dom, and its source, Latin dominus.

Etymology 6

From Hindi [Term?], from Sanskrit डोम (ḍoma). Doublet of Rom.

Etymology 7

Related to Rom and Lom.

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