Noun: dominus
| Singular | dominus |
| Plural | domini |
Sample Sentences
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The vesper bell had rung its parting note; the domini were mostly caged in comfortable quarters, discussing the merits of old port; and the merry student had closed his oak, to consecrate the night to friendship, sack, and claret. [January 1848, The New Sporting Magazine, volume 15, page 23:]
Nouns inflected like dominus
ophiopluteus,
faveolus,
saccus,
lampadarius,
scarus,
scapus,
solvus,
soleus,
socius,
acrorhagus,
red nucleus,
xystus,
phaseolus,
jelly fungus,
rust fungus,
computus,
paraflocculus,
sibilant rhonchus,
chalimus,
stratigotus, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin dominus (“master”). Doublet of dan, dom, domine, dominie, and don. See: Latin Nouns '
dominus'.