n. [ See Dominie. ] 1. A name given to a pastor of the Reformed Church. The word is also applied locally in the United States, in colloquial speech, to any clergyman.
Syn. -- dominus, dominie. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. [ From Sp. domine a schoolmaster. ] (Zool.) A West Indian fish (Epinula magistralis), of the family Trichiuridæ. It is a long-bodied, voracious fish. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. & t. [ imp. & p. p. Domineered p. pr. & vb. n. Domineering. ] [ F. dominer, L. dominari: cf. OD. domineren to feast luxuriously. See Dominate, v. t. ] To rule with insolence or arbitrary sway; to play the master; to be overbearing; to tyrannize; to bluster; to swell with conscious superiority or haughtiness; -- often with over; as, to domineer over dependents. [ 1913 Webster ]

Go to the feast, revel and domineer. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

His wishes tend abroad to roam,
And hers to domineer at home. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Ruling arrogantly; overbearing. [ 1913 Webster ]

A violent, brutal, domineering old reprobate. Blackw. Mag.

Syn. -- Haughty; overbearing; lordly. See Imperious. -- Dom`i*neer"ing*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]