Origin: Germanic Old English suffix
Dom has 7 different meanings across 1 category:
A dominator (in sadomasochistic sexual practices), especially a male one.
"The wedding invitation listed her name followed by 'D.' to indicate the dom, or date of marriage."
A title anciently given to the pope, and later to other church dignitaries and some monastic orders.
A title formerly borne by member of the high nobility of Portugal and Brazil
Initialism of date of marriage.
In plain English: DOM stands for the day someone got married.
"She needed to update her records with her dom."
Usage: DOM (Date of Marriage) is an initialism used in legal documents, particularly those related to family law or genealogy, to denote when a couple officially married. Use it as an abbreviation within a formal context, like a form or record, and always spell out "date of marriage" on first mention.
To dominate.
"The experienced leader dominated the meeting by making every important decision without consulting anyone else."
In plain English: To dominate means to have control or power over someone or something.
"The experienced team seemed to dom the competition from the start of the game."
Usage: Dominate means to control or be superior to someone or something. Use it to describe exerting influence, power, or authority-for example, "Our team dominated the competition."
A male given name, a form of Dominic.
"Many historic dom communities once thrived along the coasts of Syria and Lebanon before facing displacement during modern conflicts."
An Indo-Aryan ethnic group, living mainly in the Middle East and North Africa.
The word dom is a clipping derived from English words like dominance, dominant, and dominate. It was formed by shortening these longer terms to create a concise synonym for authority or control.