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domestic cat(encyclopedia)
domestic (as used in expressions)(encyclopedia)
domestic service(encyclopedia)
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domestic 1, adjective(dictionary)
domestic 2, noun(dictionary)
domestic partner(dictionary)

domestic (iou)



domestic adjective & noun. LME.
[Old & mod. French domestique from Latin domesticus, from domus house, after rusticus RUSTIC adjective etc.]
A. adjective.
1. Of or pertaining to the home, house, or household; pertaining to one's home or family affairs. LME.
domestic bursar a person in charge of the administrative or financial affairs of a college or university. domestic science cookery and other household activities, as subjects to be taught. domestic service the position or occupation of a household servant.
K. Clark Ivory mirror cases and other domestic objects. A. Thwaite The two friends, the baby and the cat offered a picture of domestic bliss.
2. Not wild; (of an animal) kept by or living with humans, tame; (of a plant) cultivated. L15.
domestic fowl a bird reared for meat, eggs, or feathers; in pl. poultry; spec. the widely domesticated form of the SE Asian jungle fowl, Gallus gallus, a cock, a hen, a chicken.
T. Hardy A panting fox..trotted past them tamely as a domestic cat.
3. Having the character or position of the inmate of a house, housed. Also, intimate, familiar, at home. (Foll. by with.) E16-M18.
Chesterfield Domestic in the best company and the best families.
4. Of or pertaining to one's own country or nation; not foreign or international; indigenous; made in one's own country, not imported. M16.
domestic trade: see TRADE noun. gross domestic product: see GROSS adjective.
W. S. Churchill The domestic law of England was outraged by the arrogance..of the French despot.
5. Attached to home; fond of home life or duties. M17.
J. H. Newman It is praiseworthy and right to be domestic.
B. noun.
1. A member of a household; someone living in the same house as another person; a member of the family (lit. & fig.). M16-M18.
2. A household servant. E17.
b. A domestic animal. rare. E-M18.
3. An inhabitant of the same country; a native, a compatriot. Only in 17.
4. An article of home manufacture (usu. in pl.); US a plain cotton fabric. E17.
5. A kind of cigar. US colloq. (now rare). M19.
6. A violent quarrel between family members, esp. between husband and wife. colloq. (orig. Police slang). M20.
domestical adjective & noun (now rare or obsolete) (a) adjective domestic; (b) noun a domestic; a member of a household: LME.
domestically adverb in a domestic way; as regards domestic matters or home life; familiarly: L16.
domesticism noun devotion to home life L18.
domesticize verb trans. domesticate M17.
domesticly adverb M17-M18.