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Definition of Domestic

1. Noun. A servant who is paid to perform menial tasks around the household.

2. Adjective. Of concern to or concerning the internal affairs of a nation. "Domestic issues such as tax rate and highway construction"

3. Adjective. Of or relating to the home. "Domestic science"

4. Adjective. Of or involving the home or family. "An author of blood-and-thunder novels yet quite domestic in his taste"

5. Adjective. Converted or adapted to domestic use. "Domesticated plants like maize"

6. Adjective. Produced in a particular country. "Domestic oil"

Definition of Domestic

1. a. Of or pertaining to one's house or home, or one's household or family; relating to home life; as, domestic concerns, life, duties, cares, happiness, worship, servants.

2. n. One who lives in the family of an other, as hired household assistant; a house servant.

Definition of Domestic

1. a household servant [n -S]

Medical Definition of Domestic

1. 1. Of or pertaining to one's house or home, or one's household or family; relating to home life; as, domestic concerns, life, duties, cares, happiness, worship, servants. "His fortitude is the more extraordinary, because his domestic feelings were unusually strong." (Macaulay) 4. Of or pertaining to a nation considered as a family or home, or to one's own country; intestine; not foreign; as, foreign wars and domestic dissensions. 3. Remaining much at home; devoted to home duties or pleasures; as, a domestic man or woman. 4. Living in or near the habitations of man; domesticated; tame as distinguished from wild; as, domestic animals. 5. Made in one's own house, nation, or country; as, domestic manufactures, wines, etc. Origin: L. Domesticus, fr. Domus use: cf. F. Domestique. See 1st Dome. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Domestic

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