dom

noun

1. A dominant in sadomasochistic sexual practices.
2. Domination.
3. A title formerly borne by member of the high nobility of Portugal and Brazil.
4. A title anciently given to the pope, and later to other church dignitaries and some monastic orders.
5. A title given to royalty and high-ranking ecclesiastics in Portugal and Brazil.
6. A title given to Roman Catholic monastic dignitaries.
7. A caste (or member of this caste) in Indian society, originally comprising drummers or travelling musicians and now generally referring to a Dalit subcaste responsible for the cremation and disposal of dead bodies.

   “Chand Ghat, where Dolly lives, is primarily a Dom neighbourhood, home to a small community of corpse-burners.”

8. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism)Initialism of date of marriage.
9. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism)Initialism of dirty old man.
10. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism)Initialism of dissolved organic matter.
11. (abbreviation, acronym, alt-of)Acronym of Document Object Model.

    “The same applies to DHTML. Why can't anyone agree on a single standard? Probably because Micro$oft wants to retain a desktop monopoly in the face of superior technology avaialable on other platforms. Even on Windows, Netscape and IE use different DOMs.”

12. 2,5-Dimethoxy-4-methylamphetamine, a psychedelic and a substituted amphetamine.
13. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism)Initialism of disk on module.

verb

1. (Internet, slang)To dominate.

   “Nola is actually "Nurse Nola," a dominatrix who specializes in medical role playing. […] "After that," she continues, "I started domming, which I did for a long time, but have never liked much."”

name

1. A unisex given name, a form of Dominic or Dominique.
2. (alt-of)Alternative letter-case form of dom.
3. An Indo-Aryan ethnic group, living mainly in the Middle East and North Africa.
4. (offensive, sometimes)A Middle Eastern Gypsy.