dominican Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a Roman Catholic friar wearing the black mantle of the Dominican order
    Blackfriar; Black Friar; friar preacher.
  2. noun a native or inhabitant of the Dominican Republic
  3. adjective of or relating to or characteristic of the Dominican Republic or its people
    • the Dominican population
  4. adjective of or relating to Saint Dominic or the Dominican order
    • Dominican monks

WordNet

Do*min"i*can adjective
Etymology
NL. Dominicanus, fr. Dominicus, Dominic, the founder: cf. F. Dominicain.
Definitions
  1. Of or pertaining to St. Dominic (Dominic de Guzman), or to the religions communities named from him.
Do*min"i*can noun
Definitions
  1. (Eccl. Hist.) One of an order of mendicant monks founded by Dominic de Guzman, in 1215. A province of the order was established in England in 1221. The first foundation in the United States was made in 1807. The Master of the Sacred Palace at Rome is always a Dominican friar. The Dominicans are called also preaching friars, friars preachers, black friars (from their black cloak), brothers of St. Mary, and in France, Jacobins.

Webster 1913