Dominican
noun
Do·min·i·can
də-ˈmi-ni-kən 
: a member of a mendicant order of friars founded by St. Dominic in 1215 and dedicated especially to preaching
Dominican
adjective
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Guests will visit ports such as Roatan in Honduras; San Juan, Puerto Rico; Puerto Plata in the Dominican Republic; and Cozumel, Mexico.
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Nathan Diller, USA Today, 14 Apr. 2025
Both have done it in the Dominican Winter League, and Molina will manage Puerto Rico’s World Baseball Classic team for the second time in 2026.
—Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
The man detained, originally from the Dominican Republic and living with family in Massachusetts at the time, was on trial for allegedly pretending to be someone else in his driver's license application, CBS News Boston reported.
—CBS News, 14 Apr. 2025
The missing include: Two woman from Haiti, one Jamaican woman, a man from the Dominican Republic and a man from the Bahamas, said Nestor Yglesias, spokesman for Homeland Security Investigations, the agency investigating the smuggling operation.
—David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 14 Apr. 2025
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Nathan Diller, USA Today, 14 Apr. 2025
Both have done it in the Dominican Winter League, and Molina will manage Puerto Rico’s World Baseball Classic team for the second time in 2026.
—Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
The man detained, originally from the Dominican Republic and living with family in Massachusetts at the time, was on trial for allegedly pretending to be someone else in his driver's license application, CBS News Boston reported.
—CBS News, 14 Apr. 2025
The missing include: Two woman from Haiti, one Jamaican woman, a man from the Dominican Republic and a man from the Bahamas, said Nestor Yglesias, spokesman for Homeland Security Investigations, the agency investigating the smuggling operation.
—David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 14 Apr. 2025
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Dominican
noun
Do·min·i·can
də-ˈmin-i-kən
: a member of a mendicant order of preaching friars founded in 1215
Dominican
adjective
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