Meaning of dom | Babel Free
/dɒm/Definitions
- A unisex given name, a form of Dominic or Dominique.
- A title given to royalty and high-ranking ecclesiastics in Portugal and Brazil.
- 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.
- An Indo-Aryan ethnic group, living mainly in the Middle East and North Africa.
- A dominant in sadomasochistic sexual practices.
- A title formerly borne by member of the high nobility of Portugal and Brazil.
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Initialism of date of marriage. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
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Alternative letter-case form of dom. alt-of
- A title given to Roman Catholic monastic dignitaries.
- Domination.
- A title anciently given to the pope, and later to other church dignitaries and some monastic orders.
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Initialism of dirty old man. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
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Initialism of dissolved organic matter. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
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Acronym of Document Object Model. abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
- 2,5-Dimethoxy-4-methylamphetamine, a psychedelic and a substituted amphetamine.
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Initialism of disk on module. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Examples
“Chand Ghat, where Dolly lives, is primarily a Dom neighbourhood, home to a small community of corpse-burners.”
“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.”
CEFR level
C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.