All 4 Uses of
domestic
in
Candide
- After this long conversation the old man ordered a coach and six sheep to be got ready, and twelve of his domestics to conduct the travellers to Court.†
Chpt 18 *
- After he had hired domestics, and purchased everything necessary for a long voyage, Mynheer Vanderdendur, captain of a large vessel, came and offered his services.†
Chpt 19
- The company in great surprise looked at one another without speaking a word, when another domestic approached his master and said to him: "Sire, your Majesty's chaise is at Padua, and the boat is ready."†
Chpt 26
- Then a fourth domestic said to a fourth master: "Your Majesty may depart when you please."†
Chpt 26 *
Definitions:
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(domestic as in: domestic happiness) relating to a home or family
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(domestic as in: the domestic market) relating to a home country
or (much more rarely,): relating to a geographic area that is smaller than a country