dominie
Example Sentences
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In 1966, she took over from Vanessa Redgrave as Muriel Spark's mind-bending dominie in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie at Wyndham's theatre.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 4, 2011
Then one day the dominie came calling to ask why Harry had not been in school for quite a while.
From Time Magazine Archive
Mrs. Fitch, a shrill-voiced and bony-handed woman, taught her the words of hymns, while the dominie, who had been a drummer in the Civil War, instructed her in music.
From Time Magazine Archive
But in his own home, he was a dominie indeed.
From Time Magazine Archive
These were glad tidings to a father's heart, and Robin treated the dominie to an extra tumbler.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. XX by Alexander Leighton
