domestics
domestics is the plural of domestic.
Meaning of domestic
Noun
domestic (plural domestics)
- A maid or household servant.
- It ſeems, the Minds of theſe People are ſo taken up with intenſe Speculations, that they neither can ſpeak, nor attend to the Diſcourſes of others, without being rouzed by ſome external Taction upon the Organs of Speech and Hearing; for which reaſon, thoſe Perſons who are able to afford it always...1726 October 28, [Jonathan Swift], “The Humours and Dispositions of the Laputians Described. […]”, in Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. […] [Gulliver’s Travels], volume II, London...
- A domestic dispute, whether verbal or violent.
- 2005, Bellingham-Whatcom County Commission Against Domestic Violence, Domestic Violence in Whatcom County (read on the Whatcom County website athttps://web.archive.org/web/20060618212243/http://www.co.whatcom.wa.us/boards/dv_whatcom042505.pdf on 20 May 2006) - The number of “verbal domestics”...
Noun
domestics pl (plural only)
Questions about domestics
- What does domestics mean?
- Domestics means articles manufactured within a country rather than being imported, especially home-made cotton cloths.
- What is domestics the plural of?
- Domestics is the plural of domestic.
- What part of speech is domestics?
- Domestics is a noun.
Words near domestics in the dictionary
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