Plural of dominie; multiple schoolmasters, teachers, or clergymen, especially in historical contexts.
Simple plural of dominie, from Dutch 'dominee' and Latin 'dominus.' The term gained particular prominence in early American colonial literature.
Washington Irving's 'The Legend of Sleepy Hollow' features Ichabod Crane as a dominie, making this old colonial figure immortal in American literature—the struggling, lanky teacher became an archetype of American characters.
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