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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. adj. Tending to domineer; overbearing.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. Overbearing. Synonyms Authoritative, Dogmatic, etc. See magisterial.

Wiktionary

  1. v. present participle of domineer.
  2. adj. overbearing, dictatorial or authoritarian

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. adj. Ruling arrogantly; overbearing.

WordNet 3.0

  1. adj. tending to domineer

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  • tbtabby Shakespeare adapted this word into English from the Dutch verb "domineren."

    Love's Labor Lost, Act 3, Scene 1:
    "A domineering pedant o'er the boy." Sep 2, 2009

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