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

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

"The clothes you make for your marionettes are not bad," said the dominie.

From Time Magazine Archive

Dr. Walter Smith has told in a poem mentioned elsewhere of the brilliant scholar who forgot his dominie; some, alas! forget their mother.

From An Edinburgh Eleven Pencil Portraits from College Life by Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew)