Home › Words › D › dominiedominiedominie means A schoolmaster, teacher.EtymologyAlteration of domine, with spelling changed to reflect pronunciation. Doublet of dom, dominus, and don.nounA schoolmaster, teacher.e.g.“In the first room we entered, a soldier and a man, like a clerk or dominie, were discussing a bottle of red wine; they immediately sprang up and politely proffered us each a bumper.” — 1858, James Hogg, Titan, volume 27, page 306:A pastor of the Dutch Reformed Church.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.dominus 67% match — master; sir; a title of respect formerly applied to a knight or clergyman, and sometimes to the lord of a manor, castle or an academic master vs dominie →schooldame 66% match — A schoolmistress. vs dominie →domina 65% match — The head of a nunnery. vs dominie →domine 64% match — Lord; master. vs dominie →headmaster 64% match — A male headteacher. vs dominie →housemaster 62% match — A teacher who is in charge of a house at a boarding school. vs dominie →schoolmasterish 62% match — Resembling or characteristic of a schoolmaster. vs dominie →dominee 62% match — A minister of the Dutch Reformed Church; a predikant. vs dominie →