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Dom

Pronunciation: /dɒm/

The English word “Dom” has 5 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A title given to royalty and high-ranking ecclesiastics in Portugal and Brazil.
  2. A title given to Roman Catholic monastic dignitaries.
  3. A caste (or member of this caste) in Indian society, originally comprising drummers or travelling musicians and now generally referring to a Dalit subcaste responsible for the cremation and disposal of dead bodies.

proper noun

  1. An Indo-Aryan ethnic group, living mainly in the Middle East and North Africa.
  2. A Middle Eastern Gypsy.

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