dominie

[ dom-uh-nee, doh-muh- ]

/ ˈdɒm ə ni, ˈdoʊ mə- /

Chiefly Scot. a schoolmaster.

a pastor in the Dutch Reformed Church.

Chiefly Hudson Valley. a pastor or minister.

Origin of dominie

First recorded in 1605–15; variant of domine

“How little did I dream of the dangers of those so near me,” said the Dominie, turning away, and communing with himself.

Jacob Faithful |Captain Frederick Marryat
Now, get up on my horse, and we will go to where I left Hector and the dominie.

Adventures in Australia |W.H.G. Kingston
Two of them then produced a rope, intending, I concluded, to treat the dominie and me as they had Bracewell.

Adventures in Australia |W.H.G. Kingston
The Dominie did accordingly pronounce a benediction, that exceeded in length any speech which Mannering had yet heard him utter.

Guy Mannering, or The Astrologer, Complete, Illustrated |Sir Walter Scott

The entire congregation joined spiritedly in the singing, and the dominie sat down visibly self-satisfied.

The Quest |Frederik van Eeden

dominie

/ (ˈdɒmɪnɪ) /

a Scot word for schoolmaster

a minister or clergyman: also used as a term of address

C17: from Latin dominē, vocative case of dominus lord