domesticadj.n.
/dəˈmɛstɪk/, /dəʊˈmɛstɪk/, U.S. /dəˈmɛstɪk/ A. adj.† 1.
a. Having the character or position of the inmate of a house; housed. to be domestic with (also of): to be of the household of, at home with. Obsolete.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabiting a type of place > [adjective] > inhabiting house
housedOE
domestic1521
householding1797
housing1810
house-dwelling1854
1521 in H. Bradshaw Lyfe St. Werburge 2nd balade sig. s.iii Preserue his soule, and make hym domestique Within the heuyns.
1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. ii. 67 I being domestick with him the selfe same time.
1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. viii. 358 [He] had turned Turke..With whom I found Domesticke, some fifteene circumsised English Runagates.
1681 S. Colvil Mock Poem (1695) 27 Mercury..hath no dwelling of his own, But is Domestic of the Sun.
b. Intimate, familiar, ‘at home’. Obsolete.
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the mind > emotion > love > friendliness > [adjective] > intimate or familiar
homelya1387
familiarc1405
familarya1500
internal1581
intrinsical1602
intimated1606
intrinsic1613
intimea1618
intimous1619
domestica1631
intimate1635
pack1686
thickc1756
throng1768
versant1787
solid1882
chummy1884
tutoyant1899
cosy1927
schmoozy1954
tight1956
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > knowledge, what is known > familiarity > [adjective] > of knowledge: intimate, familiar
familiar1561
domestica1631
innerly1866
a1631 J. Donne Βιαθανατος (1647) i. ii. §1 The knowledge therof is so domestique, so neare, so inward to us, that our conscience cannot slumber in it, nor dissemble it.
1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. ii. 112 He..was..domestick with all, and not suspected by either of the..factions.
1748 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 27 Sept. (1932) (modernized text) IV. 1235 Manners..as may make him sought for, and in some measure domestic, in the best company and the best families.
1751 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 25 Mar. (1932) (modernized text) IV. 1704 An English minister shall have resided seven years at a Court..without being intimate and domestic in any one house.
2. † b. figurative. Belonging to what concerns oneself. Obsolete.
a. Of or belonging to the home, house, or household; relating to one's place of residence or family affairs; household, home, ‘family’.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > [adjective] > of or belonging to home
homelyc1384
householdc1384
meniala1387
hamald?a1400
domestical1459
home1552
householdly1557
homish1561
housal1611
domestica1616
domal1728
fireside1740
householdy1863
hearthrug1864
a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) iii. i. 64 Cæsar, that hath moe Kings his Seruants, then Thy selfe Domesticke Officers.
1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. iv. 363 Domesticke pastimes, as Chesse, Cards, Dice, and Tables.
1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. i. 11 Of Domestick Spiders there are two sorts.
1681 W. Temple Mem. iii, in Wks. (1731) I. 345 I was resolv'd to pass the rest of my Life in my own Domestick, without troubling my self further about any publick Affairs.
1764 O. Goldsmith Traveller 22 Domestic joy.
1830 I. D'Israeli Comm. Life Charles I III. vi. 110 Charles..loved the privacy of domestic life.
1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge vii. 273 Her single domestic servant.
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the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or restricted in application > [adjective] > relating to a person in his individual capacity > personal or private
singularc1340
personala1387
partial?a1439
familiar1569
domestical1586
home1650
domestic1707
vernacular1840
intime1857
intimate1884
1707 J. Norris Pract. Treat. Humility vii. 315 Domestic ignorance, the ignorance of our selves, and of what passes within our own breast.
3.
a. Of or relating to one's own country or nation; not foreign, internal, inland, ‘home’.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > a land or country > [adjective] > domestic as opposed to foreign
domestical1531
inwarda1535
intestine1535
domestic1545
inland1546
home?1569
ephestian1652
inlandish1657
interior1768
blighty1900
1545 G. Joye Expos. Daniel (vii.) f. 100v Lo here maye ye see this beast to be no stranger,..he sitteth in the temple of god, he is therfore a domestyk enimye.
c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) Prol. 13 I hef vsit domestic scottis langage, maist intelligibil for the vlgare pepil.
1665 T. Manley tr. H. Grotius De Rebus Belgicis 859 That the contentions growing among Priests should be decided by Domestique Judges, and not at Rome.
1719 W. Wood Surv. Trade (ed. 2) 7 A great Part of our Domestick Trade depends upon our Foreign Commerce.
1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. 265 The whole domestic and foreign policy of the English government.
1898 Daily News 12 May 6/7 London..began buying later, and this, combined with heavy domestic buying, sent prices upward rapidly.
1903 Churchman (Hartford, Conn.) 14 Nov. 608 The domestic postage on this copy of the Churchman is 2 cents. The foreign postage is 3 cents.
b. Indigenous; made at home or in the country itself; native, home-grown, home-made.
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1660 R. Sharrock Hist. Propagation & Improvem. Veg. 42 [It] makes the like impression upon its domestique plants.
1713 G. Berkeley in Guardian 7 May 2/1 They [sc. glasses] are Domestick and cheaper than Foreign Toys.
1835 A. Ure Philos. Manuf. 77 Domestic woollens and flannels.
1907 J. L. Howe Inorg. Chem. 213 The ammonia process..for many years furnished the only domestic soda, the larger part of that used being imported.
4. † b. Of men: having settled abodes; not nomad or wild. Obsolete.
a. Of animals: living under the care of man, in or near his habitations; tame, not wild.
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the world > animals > domestic animal > [adjective]
tamec888
mildOE
meekc1175
privy1340
unwilda1400
familiar1483
gentle?1531
domestical1562
inward1575
inwards1575
housal1611
domestic1620
cicurated1646
domesticated1802
the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > animal keeping practices general > [adjective] > tamed or trained
tamec888
mildOE
meekc1175
unwilda1400
chastisedc1440
reclaimed1440
made1474
familiar1483
gentle?1531
domestical1562
inward1575
inwards1575
housal1611
domestic1620
cicurated1646
domiciliated1782
domesticated1802
broken1805
hand-tamed1932
1620 T. Venner Via Recta iii. 65 Domesticke or tame Ducks.
1632 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Eromena 181 No small delight..to see so timorous a creature growne so domesticke.
1856 E. B. Browning Aurora Leigh i. 23 Tamed And grown domestic like a barn-door fowl.
1859 C. Darwin Origin of Species i. 15 When we look to the hereditary varieties..of our domestic animals..we generally perceive..less uniformity of character.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > [adjective] > established in residence
steadfasta1272
stationary1604
settled1611
domestic1632
domesticant1642
domiciliated1782
domiciled1855
1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. vi. 291 Moores, Jews, domesticke Arabians.
5. Attached to home; devoted to home life or duties; domesticated.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > [adjective] > of or belonging to home > devoted to home
domestica1668
domesticated1838
domestic-minded1889
a1668 W. Davenant Play-house to be Let iv, in Wks. (1673) 109 Kings who move Within a lowly sphear of private love, Are too domestick for a Throne.
1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 153. ⁋5 To me, whom he found studious and domestick.
1837 J. H. Newman Parochial Serm. (ed. 2) III. xx. 329 It is praiseworthy and right to be domestic.
6. domestic-minded adj.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > [adjective] > of or belonging to home > devoted to home
domestica1668
domesticated1838
domestic-minded1889
1889 W. B. Yeats Let. Feb. in Lett. to K. Tynan (1953) 85 The poor domestic-minded swindler!
1960 Times 4 Mar. 13/6 The Afrikaner, being at heart a generous and very much a domestic-minded person.
B. n.† 1. A member of a household; one who dwells in the same house with another; an inmate; a member of the family (including children and relatives). (literal and figurative) Obsolete.† 3.
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinship group > family > [noun] > family or household > member of household
familiara1250
domestic1539
domestical?c1550
communicant1577
hoghenhine1607
familist1631
mainpast1865
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > inhabitant by type of accommodation > [noun] > inhabitant of house > household > member of
familiara1250
domestic1539
domestical?c1550
communicant1577
inmate1589
hoghenhine1607
familist1631
mainpast1865
1539 C. Tunstall Serm. Palme Sondaye (1823) 56 Nowe ye be not guestes and strangers, but ye be citisens and domestikes of almyghty god.
a1641 J. Finett Philoxenis (1656) 62 From that time he had his accesses..to his Majesties presence as a Domestique without Ceremony.
1694 R. South 12 Serm. II. 69 A Servant dwells..as a kind of Foreigner under the same Roof; a Domestick, and yet a Stranger too.
1737 W. Whiston tr. Josephus Antiq. Jews xvi. vii, in tr. Josephus Genuine Wks. 522 Often did he lament the wickedness of his domesticks.
2. † b. A domestic animal. Obsolete. rare.
a. A household servant or attendant.
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society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > domestic servant > [noun]
hirdmanc993
hirdcnihtc1000
hirdcnavec1275
hirdswainc1275
hewea1350
officerc1375
homely mana1382
meniala1387
household servant1427
homely womana1500
domestical?c1550
comprador1615
domestic1623
spider-brusher1833
house help1837
domiciliary1844
hoghenhine1848
kitchen mechanic1861
home helper1864
home help1883
1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII ii. iv. 112 Where Powres are your Retainers, and your words (Domestickes to you) serue your will. View more context for this quotation
1627 W. Duncomb tr. V. d'Audiguier Tragi-comicall Hist. our Times vi. 103 Besides the domestics he sent for some of his tenants.
1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 106. ¶2 His Domesticks are all in Years, and grown old with their Master.
1842 H. J. Stephen New Comm. Laws Eng. II. iii. ii. i. 271 At a month's notice, like a common domestic.
1848 F. D. Maurice Serm. Lord's Prayer (1861) 66 The relationship between the master of a household and his domestics.
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the world > animals > domestic animal > [noun]
houseling1611
domestic1719
1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 131 My Poll..began now to be a meer Domestick.
1742 J. Hildrop Misc. Wks. (1754) I. 215 Continue, therefore, your wonted Care..for your innocent domestics.
1742 J. Hildrop Misc. Wks. (1754) I. 160
a. An inhabitant of the same country; a native, fellow-countryman. Obsolete.
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the world > people > nations > compatriots > [noun] > compatriot
brotherOE
countrymanc1390
fellow subject1549
fellow countryman1577
patriot1596
landsman1605
compatriot1611
domestic1620
paisan1940
1620 Bp. J. Hall Contempl. V. N.T. ii. 472 If hee were a Forrainer for birth; yet he was a Domestique in heart.
1675 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 10 254 Supplies..afforded me both by our eminent Domesticks within his Majesties Dominions: and also by Forrainers.
1682 J. Bunyan Holy War 313 Notable service within against the Domesticks.
b. An indigenous plant. Obsolete.
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the world > plants > by habitat or distribution > [noun] > native plant(s)
domestic1682
aborigines1839
autochthon1893
endemic1932
1682 N. Grew Idea Philos. Hist. Plants 4 in Anat. Plants All Exoticks..may probably be reduced to some such Domesticks, unto which they may bear the best Resemblance.
4. An article of home produce or manufacture; esp., in U.S., (a) home-made cotton cloth, bleached or unbleached, for common use, esp. plain cotton cloth; (b) colloquial a kind of cigar.
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society > trade and finance > merchandise > [noun] > home-produced goods
domestic1622
homemade1817
1622 G. de Malynes Consuetudo 2 When mankind was propagated into an infinite number, and the domestiques or neere hand commodities were not sufficient for their sustenance in some countries, and in other countries were ouer aboundant.
1817 M. Austin Let. 21 July in E. C. Barker Austin Papers (1924) I. i. 317 The Domesticks I expected, have Not arrived they are uncommonly difficult to obtain.
1846 J. E. Worcester Universal Dict. Eng. Lang. Domestic..a sort of American cotton cloth.
1852 W. B. Dewees & ‘C. Cardelle’ Lett. from Early Settler Texas 45 A small piece of unbleached domestic, or a bit of calico.
1864 R. A. Arnold Hist. Cotton Famine 26 That large class of fabrics known in the trade as ‘domestics’, of which shirting and sheeting form a large part.
1865 G. A. Sala My Diary in Amer. II. xvi. 375 Those eminently nasty rolls of tobacco called in New York ‘domestics’.
1894 M. J. Jaques Texan Ranch Life 113 The large spinning wheel, with which Mrs. B...made by hand the ‘domestic’ (calico) for her household.
1905 F. H. Smith At Close Range 74 Sam..tilted his domestic at a higher angle, and went out to view the harbor.
1905 F. H. Smith At Close Range 85 This done, he drew out a domestic from the upper pocket, bit off the end, slid a match along the well-worn seam and blew a ring out to sea.
1940 Chambers's Techn. Dict. 258/1 Domestic, a plain cotton cloth; it may be grey, coloured, or with a check pattern.
5. ‘A carriage for general use’ (Simmonds Dict. Trade 1858).
Compounds
domestic economy n. household management (see economy n. 1a); = domestic science n.
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society > authority > control > [noun] > management or administration > domestic management
housewifeship?c1225
cove and keyc1250
husbandryc1300
economica1393
ménagea1393
householda1398
householdinga1425
housewifery1440
economyc1454
economics1535
house rule1579
householdry1581
managery1586
housekeeping1652
household management1741
notability1756
homebuilding1757
domestic economy1778
Wirtschaft1841
homekeeping1846
housecraft1848
homemaking1863
home economics1872
home science1886
household science1896
domestic science1897
1778 W. Robertson Hist. Amer. (ed. 2) I. iv. 320 The functions in domestic œconomy are many, which fall to the share of women.
1797 F. M. Eden (title) The State of the poor, or an history of the labouring classes in England,..in which are particularly considered, their domestic economy, with respect to diet, dress, fuel, and habitation.
1898 E. R. Lush Lessons Domest. Sci. i. i. 1 What do we understand by ‘Domestic Economy’ or ‘Domestic Science’ as we often prefer to call it now?
1905 Daily Chron. 19 May 8/1 The girls have already spent one year in a domestic economy school.
1928 Punch 5 Sept. 280/1 Valuable information which is afforded about domestic economy, feminine attire, cookery, beauty-culture.
domestic science n. the study or knowledge of household management, comprising cookery, laundry, needlework, etc.; = housewifery n. 1a.
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society > authority > control > [noun] > management or administration > domestic management
housewifeship?c1225
cove and keyc1250
husbandryc1300
economica1393
ménagea1393
householda1398
householdinga1425
housewifery1440
economyc1454
economics1535
house rule1579
householdry1581
managery1586
housekeeping1652
household management1741
notability1756
homebuilding1757
domestic economy1778
Wirtschaft1841
homekeeping1846
housecraft1848
homemaking1863
home economics1872
home science1886
household science1896
domestic science1897
1897 H. Campbell Househ. Econ. p. xx The directors of the ‘Domestic Science’ department.
1915 ‘Bartimeus’ Tall Ship ii. 37 Cooking and laundry, and hygiene—domestic science it's called.
1936 Discovery Jan. 32/2 The greatest amount of dissatisfaction was found among teachers of domestic science, art and music.
domestic servant n. a servant belonging to a household.
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1749 G. Benson Paraphr. & Notes Seven Catholic Epist. 91 Domestic servants..should remember..to be obedient to their own masters;..even to such as are cruel, peevish and difficult to be pleased.
2015 Cockney Ancestor Autumn 35 Women found themselves working together in factories rather than separately as shop girls or domestic servants.
domestic service n. the condition or occupation of a household servant (cf. service n.1 17a).
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society > authority > subjection > service > [noun] > domestic
private servicea1652
domestic service1741
1741 S. Richardson Pamela IV. xiii. 77 These duties..inspirit every one in the Discharge of all their domestick Services.
1832 F. Trollope Domest. Manners Amer. (ed. 2) I. vi. 73 Young women..believe that the most abject poverty is preferable to domestic service.
1840 H. Reeve tr. A. de Tocqueville Democracy in Amer. IV. iii. v. 39 This is not only the notion which servants themselves entertain..domestic service is looked upon by masters in the same light.
1933 D. C. Peel Life's Enchanted Cup xviii. 239 Two of these..were Ministry of Reconstruction Committees; one to enquire into the housing of the working classes..the other to enquire into conditions of domestic service.
domestic slave n. (a) a household slave, esp. as distinguished from a predial slave (see predial adj. 4); (b) = odalisque n. and adj.; (c) (see quot. 1799).
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1776 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall I. ii. 40 In the free states of antiquity, the domestic slaves were exposed to the wanton rigour of despotism.
1798 Lady's Mag. June 265/1 No woman of Turkish birth can be an odalik, or domestic slave.
1799 M. Park Trav. Afr. (ed. 2) xxii. 287 The domestic slaves, or such as are born in a man's own house, are treated with more lenity than those which are purchased with money.
1970 Encycl. Brit. XX. 635/2 Manumission was..frequently granted for long and devoted services of a domestic slave, in particular to nurses who had looked after the master's children.
domestic slavery n. the condition of a domestic slave; also figurative.
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1818 Public Ledger 3 June 2/4 He proposed a return to the domestic slavery of Greece and Rome.
1825 Kaleidoscope 23 Aug. 57/3 We allude to that domestic slavery..to which the youth, engaged as shopmen of drapers,..are subjected.
1858 Leisure Hour 25 Feb. 127/1 Domestic slavery is extensively practised by the Liberians.
1970 Encycl. Brit. XX. 639/1 A text for the abolition of slavery..was implemented..in Algeria, where domestic slavery existed.
domestic workshop n. a workshop in a private dwelling-house.
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1878 Act 41 Vict. c. 16 Period of employment..for children and young persons in domestic workshop.
Derivatives
doˈmesticism n. devotion to home life.
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society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > [noun] > attachment to home life
domesticness1643
domesticity1721
domesticism1784
domesticality1819
1784 R. Bage Barham Downs II. 344 Our happy domesticism has undergone no change.
1879 F. W. Farrar Life & Work St. Paul I. vii. xxvi. 509 The ignorant domesticism which was the only recognised virtue of her sex.
doˈmesticness n. domesticity.
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society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > [noun] > attachment to home life
domesticness1643
domesticity1721
domesticism1784
domesticality1819
1643 W. Greenhill Ἀξινη προς την Ῥιζαν Epist. sig. A3v It's domesticknes of spirit.
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domestic bursar, the person responsible for the administration of the domestic establishment of a college or university (also known as the junior bursar, and distinguished from the senior or estates bursar).
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1904 Oxf. Univ. Cal. 1905 227 Balliol... Davis, Henry William Carless, M.A. Classical Tutor and Junior Bursar (Domestic).]
1907 Oxf. Univ. Cal. 1908 235 Merton... Bursars. Esson, William, M.A. (1862) Estates Miles, John Charles, M.A. (1899) Domestic.
1952 P. Bury Coll. Corpus Christi Cambr. 1822–1952 ii. 264 Mr Charvet..held the offices of Dean of College (1932–5), Assistant Tutor (1933–5), and Domestic Bursar (1935–45).
1982 Sunday Times 31 Jan. 62 Pure chance led to my becoming domestic bursar of an Oxford college.
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Originally and chiefly Police slang (originally British). A domestic disturbance, spec. one meriting police intervention; a (violent) quarrel between members of the same household, esp. one between a married or cohabiting couple.
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1961 T. K. Martin Z Cars (B.B.C. TV script) Episode 1 (2nd draft) 21 You just sent Seaport Crime Car to that domestic, here at Newtown?
1982 I. Gordon in N.Z. Listener 12 June 82/2 Policemen are trained to approach with care what they call ‘a domestic’.
1990 Independent 1 Aug. 3/2 A policeman came up because he was shouting at me, but saw my daughter... He said to his companion, ‘Oh, it's OK, it's only a domestic’ and went away.
1998 H. M. Malton Down in Dumps iv. 27 You get called out on a domestic... You arrive, and there's some guy just whaling away on his wife, or girlfriend, or whatever.
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domestic partner n. (in early use) a spouse; (later) a person with whom one lives as though married, a cohabitee; (U.S.) a person officially registered as such, and so entitled to (some of) the same legal rights or employee benefits as a spouse.
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > married person > [noun] > spouse, consort, or partner
ferec975
matchOE
makec1175
spousea1200
lemanc1275
fellowc1350
likea1393
wed-ferea1400
partyc1443
espouse?c1450
bedfellow1490
yokefellow?1542
espousal1543
spouse1548
mate1549
marrow1554
paragon1557
yokemate1567
partner1577
better halfa1586
twin1592
moiety1611
copemate1631
consort1634
half-marrow1637
matrimonya1640
helpmeet1661
other half1667
helpmate1715
spousie1735
life companion1763
worse half1783
life partner1809
domestic partner1815
ball and chain1921
lover1969
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > type of inhabitant generally > [noun] > one who co-inhabits > outside marriage
domestic partner1815
bide-in1916
bidie-in1916
cohabiter1942
shack-job1946
cohabitee1955
shack-up1969
live-in1977
1815 N.Y. Weekly Museum 7 Jan. 286/1 Fondness for gaiety and dress, which I am sorry to say engrosses most of the time of many of the female sex..cannot alone constitute the true hapiness of themselves and their domestic partners.
1986 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 12 Dec. 3/2 He was planning to build a change table and other amenities for the baby, his domestic partner..said yesterday.
1992 N.Y. Times 10 Mar. a15/1 The measure would allow unmarried partners, including homosexual couples, to register as domestic partners and would expand health care benefits to the registered partners of city workers.
2005 San Francisco Chron. (Nexis) 28 Sept. a1 The council's most leftist member..supporting medical marijuana and benefits for the domestic partners of city employees.
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domestic partnership n. a situation in which two (or more) people live together, (now) spec. a situation (esp. if officially recognized) in which two people cohabit as though married; cf. domestic partner n. at Additions.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > [noun] > together > outside marriage
cohabitation1548
domestic partnership1845
shacking1884
shack-up1935
1845 M. Fuller Woman in 19th Cent. 62 The scholar and poet, especially, could expect nothing but misery and obstruction in a domestic partnership with woman.
1894 Jrnl. Royal Statist. Soc. 57 280 The predominant member of the domestic partnership was a certain old woman, generally the mother, not, as I have heard is the case in this country, of the wife, but of the husband.
1976 H. J. Folberg & W. P. Buren in Willamette Law Jrnl. 12 480 Domestic partnership, as a proposed legal theory, is based..upon the proposition that in today's society people increasingly choose familial relationships other than traditional marriage.
1993 Chicago Tribune 16 Apr. i. 2/1 Qualification for domestic partnership registration is more rigorous: Applicants must present a signed and notarized affidavit that they are over 18, unmarried and have been living together continuously in a ‘close and committed personal relationship’.
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domestic violence n. violent or aggressive behaviour within the home, esp. violent abuse of a partner.
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1891 Times 13 July 5/4 The play opens with a scene of domestic violence. A young couple have had a violent dispute.
1975 N.Y. Times 6 Oct. 29/4 We must begin to view domestic violence as a ‘public issue’ rather than a ‘private problem’.
2003 Internat. Family Planning Perspectives 29 156/3 Partner abuse..is common, and its likelihood is increased if a woman or her partner has a childhood history of domestic violence.
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domestic goddess n. (a) Mythology a goddess who presides over a household or (more generally) the home; (b) a woman likened to a goddess of the home, spec. one who is admired or adored for her domestic skills (later esp. cooking); an idealized housewife or homemaker.
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1828 H. H. Wilson Mackenzie Coll. II. 45 Krishna desired his younger sister Máyá to go and stay..in the city of Mahisur as the domestic goddess of the kings who were his relations.
1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) xii. 97 The heroic female character which ladies admire is a more glorious and beautiful object than the kind, fresh, smiling, artless, tender little domestic goddess, whom men are inclined to worship.
1881 M. J. Holmes Madeline xx. 325 His room was in perfect order, as was everything about the house, showing that Flora was still the domestic goddess.
1927 M. P. Nilsson Minoan-Mycenaean Relig. 284 This gloomy goddess and no other was venerated in the interior of the houses and in the shrines of the palaces as the special domestic goddess.
2000 N. Lawson (title) How to be a domestic goddess: baking and the art of comfort cooking.
2006 P. Williams Rise & Fall Yummy Mummy xxiv. 175 I am no domestic goddess—my main culinary trick involves pureeing carrot.
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adj.n.1521- to know a hawk from a handsaw
- to know a hawk from a hernshaw
- to know a move or two
- to know a person a thing or two
- to know a person by her company
- to know a person by his company
- to know a person by the company he keeps
- to know a person by the company she keeps
- to know a person in the biblical sense
- to know a thing or two
- to know about
- to know all is to forgive all
- to know all the angles
- to know all the answers
- to know asunder
- to know backwards
- to know best
- to know better
- to know better formerly also better things
- to know both sides of a penny
- to know by headmark
- to know by heart
- to know by rote
- to know different
- to know enough to come in out of the rain