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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Domestic

Do-mēs'tic, a.

adjective

a. [Lat. domesticus, from domus, house; It., Sp., & Pg. domestico, Pr. domestic, Fr. domestique.]

Sense 1. Belonging to the house or home; pertaining to one's place of residence, and to the family; as, domestic concerns; domestic life; domestic duties; domestic affairs; domestic happiness; domestic worship.

Sense 2. Pertaining to a nation considered as a family, or home, or to one's own country; intestine; not foreign; as, domestic troubles; domestic dissensions. “These domestic and particular broils.” Shak.

Sense 3. Remaining much at home; devoted to home duties or pleasures; as, a domestic man or woman.

His fortitude is the more extraordinary, because his domestic feelings were unusually strong. Macaulay.

Sense 4. Living in or near the habitations of man; tame; not wild; as, domestic animals.

Sense 5. Made in one's own house, nation, or country; as, domestic manufactures.

Do-mĕs'tic, n.

noun

n. 1. One who lives in the family of another, as hired assistant; a house-servant. The master labors and leads an anxious life, to secure plenty and ease to the domestic. Knox. 2. (pl.) (Com.) Articles of home manufacture; especially cotton goods. [U. S.]