domestic

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This domestic was the most primitive figure of the household.

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  1. adjective Of or relating to the family or household: domestic chores.
  2. adjective Fond of home life and household affairs.
  3. adjective Tame or domesticated. Used of animals.
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  • The booksellers, however, made a good speculation in publishing what they called his domestic poems; that is, poems bearing more or less relation to this subject. —  Lady Byron Vindicated
  • Bolton's point is, it's one thing, ladies and gentlemen, to give up your sovereignty in foreign policy, and that's a big concern, but what really worries John Bolton is the giving up of sovereignty in American domestic policy. —  Latest Articles
  • "Credit conditions still remain very tight and we're seeing softening in Asian domestic demand more than we expected." —  WA Business News - Latest News
  • In this regard they need to confront the persistent imperial relations, as well as local vested interests, that undermine their independence and development as much as Obama's campaign stood up against the subversive role of special interests in American domestic politics. —  Elections - fresh news by plazoo.com
  • He said the huge protest was evidence of the deep problems in Thai domestic politics. —  Latest News - Yahoo!7 News
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Middle English, from Old French domestique, from Latin domesticus, from domus, house; see dem- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Early modern English also domestick, domestike; from Old French domestique, vernacularly domesche, domeche, domeiche, domesgue, etc., French domestique = Provencal domesgue, dometgue, domestic, domestegue = Spanish doméstico = Portuguese Italian domestico, from Latin domesticus, belonging to the household, from domus, house, household: see dome.
 

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