Dominican
noun
Do·min·i·can
də-ˈmi-ni-kən 
: a member of a mendicant order of friars founded by St. Dominic in 1215 and dedicated especially to preaching
Dominican
adjective
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Winter 2012-13: Blackmon plays for Toros del Este in the Dominican Winter League.
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Kyle Newman, The Denver Post, 27 Sep. 2024
She was born and raised in Los Frailes, a working-class neighborhood in the capital of the Dominican Republic.
—Zameena Mejia, refinery29.com, 24 Sep. 2024
By the 1800s the colonial census solidified that Brazil, the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Panama, Venezuela, and Nicaragua were majority Afro-descendants.
—Essence, 23 Sep. 2024
He was arrested in the Dominican Republic on domestic violence charges at the beginning of 2024.
—Ethan Millman, Rolling Stone, 20 Sep. 2024
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Kyle Newman, The Denver Post, 27 Sep. 2024
She was born and raised in Los Frailes, a working-class neighborhood in the capital of the Dominican Republic.
—Zameena Mejia, refinery29.com, 24 Sep. 2024
By the 1800s the colonial census solidified that Brazil, the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Panama, Venezuela, and Nicaragua were majority Afro-descendants.
—Essence, 23 Sep. 2024
He was arrested in the Dominican Republic on domestic violence charges at the beginning of 2024.
—Ethan Millman, Rolling Stone, 20 Sep. 2024
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“Dominican.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Dominican. Accessed 2 Oct. 2024.
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Dominican
noun
Do·min·i·can
də-ˈmin-i-kən
: a member of a mendicant order of preaching friars founded in 1215
Dominican
adjective
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