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Saint Dominican

Saint Dominican adjective: of or pertaining to Saint-Domingue or its people (inhabitants).

saint dominican: of or pertaining to Saint-Domingue or its people (inhabitants)
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Adjective

Saint Dominican (comparative more Saint Dominican, superlative most Saint Dominican)

  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

Noun

Saint Dominican (plural Saint Dominicans)

  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 of Saint Dominican

Adjective
comparativemore Saint Dominican
superlativemost Saint Dominican
alternative formSaint-Dominican
Noun
pluralSaint Dominicans

Origin of Saint Dominican

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

Questions about Saint Dominican

What does Saint Dominican mean?
Saint Dominican means of or pertaining to Saint-Domingue or its people (inhabitants).
What part of speech is Saint Dominican?
Saint Dominican can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near Saint Dominican in the dictionary

  1. Saint David
  2. Saint David's Day
  3. Saint Dominguan
  4. Saint Dominguans
  5. Saint Domingue
  6. Saint Dominican
  7. Saint Dominicans
  8. Saint Elias Mountains
  9. Saint Elizabeth
  10. Saint Elmo's fire
  11. Saint Elmo's fires

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