Skip to content
ontologydriven
Sign out

Dictionary

Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

Saint Dominican en · ADJ

Etymology

Saint and Dominic + -an, referring to Saint-Domingue

Meanings

  1. (historical) Of or pertaining to Saint-Domingue or its people (inhabitants).
    • All gone now, that brandy, squandered, except for half of the very last bottle, wrapped in a shirt in Daspir's pack. But wonderful things were said of Saint Dominican rum... 2007, Madison Smartt Bell, The Stone that the Builder Refused: A Novel of Haiti, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 145:
    • "Two petit Gouaves," he ordered. "And two Saint Dominican breakfasts." 1946, Frank Yerby, The Foxes of Harrow, Dial Press, →ISBN, page 41:
    • "Andre had a negro sent to his house to order his horse saddled. Then they sat back and awaited their breakfast in the Saint Dominican style." 1946, Frank Yerby, The Foxes of Harrow, Dial Press, →ISBN, page 42:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
most Saint Dominican Degree=Sup lexicographic
Saint-Dominican alternative lexicographic
more Saint Dominican Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Saint Dominican en · NOUN

Etymology

Saint and Dominic + -an, referring to Saint-Domingue

Meanings

  1. (historical) A native or inhabitant of Saint-Domingue.
    • "The good God and the Saint Dominicans alone know; but it is delicious." 1946, Frank Yerby, The Foxes of Harrow, Dial Press, →ISBN, page 41:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
Saint Dominicans Number=Plur lexicographic
Saint-Dominican alternative lexicographic