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Dominican (1)
"Black friar," 1630s, from Latin form of the name of
Domingo
de Guzman (
Santo Domingo
), founder of the order of preaching friars. His name, like Italian form
Dominic
, is from Latin
dominicus
"pertaining to a lord."