domiciliary
UK/ˌdɒm.ɪˈsɪl.jə.ɹi/US/ˌdɑ.mɪˈsɪl.jə.ɹi/
domiciliary noun: a person who legally resides in a particular place.
Noun
domiciliary (plural domiciliaries)
- A person who legally resides in a particular place.
- Joe travels all over the country, but he is a domiciliary of New York.
Adjective
domiciliary (not comparable)
- Of or relating to a domicile
- the personal and domiciliary rights of the citizen were scrupulously guarded1856, John Lothrop Motley, The Rise of the Dutch Republic. A History. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], →OCLC
Forms of domiciliary
| plural | domiciliaries |
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Origin of domiciliary
From French domiciliaire, from Medieval Latin domiciliārius, from Latin domicilium (“dwelling”).
Words formed from domiciliary
Words that rhyme with domiciliary
- auxiliary
- ciliary
- miliary
- atrabiliary
- nasociliary
- biliary
- circumciliary
- extraciliary
- interciliary
- intraciliary
- iridociliary
- mucociliary
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Questions about domiciliary
- What does domiciliary mean?
- Domiciliary means a person who legally resides in a particular place.
- What part of speech is domiciliary?
- Domiciliary can be a noun or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce domiciliary?
- Domiciliary is pronounced /ˌdɒm.ɪˈsɪl.jə.ɹi/ (UK).
- What is the plural of domiciliary?
- The plural of domiciliary is domiciliaries.
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