adj. 1. Of or relating to the family or household: domestic chores. 2. Fond of home life and household affairs. 3. Tame or domesticated. Used of animals. 4. Of or relating to a country's internal affairs: domestic issues such as tax rates and highway construction. 5. Produced in or indigenous to a particular country: domestic oil; domestic wine. n. 1. A household servant. 2. often domestics Household linens. 3. A product or substance discovered in, developed in, or exported from a particular country. [Middle English, from Old French domestique, from Latin domesticus, from domus, house; see dem- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] do·mesti·cal·ly adv. |
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