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Dominican definition

Do·mini·can (dō min′i kən, də-)

adjective

  1. of Saint Dominic
  2. designating or of a mendicant order founded by him
  3. of the Dominican Republic

noun

  1. a member of a mendicant order of friars or nuns founded in 1215 by Saint Dominic
  2. a person born or living in the Dominican Republic

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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