Domestic
Pronunciation : Do*mes"tic
Part of Speech : a.
Etymology : [L. domesticus, fr. domus use: cf. F. domestique. See 1st Dome.]
Definition : 1. Of or pertaining to one's house or home, or one's household or family; relating to home life; as, domestic concerns, life, duties, cares, happiness, worship, servants. His fortitude is the more extraordinary, because his domestic feelings were unusually strong. Macaulay.
4. Of or pertaining to a nation considered as a family or home, or to one's own country; intestine; not foreign; as, foreign wars and domestic dissensions. Shak.
3. Remaining much at home; devoted to home duties or pleasures; as, a domestic man or woman.
4. Living in or near the habitations of man; domesticated; tame as distinguished from wild; as, domestic animals.
5. Made in one's own house, nation, or country; as, domestic manufactures, wines, etc.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Do*mes"tic
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : 1. One who lives in the family of an other, as hired household assistant; a house servant. The master labors and leads an anxious life, to secure plenty and ease to the domestic. V. Knox.
2. pl. (Com.)
Defn: Articles of home manufacture, especially cotton goods. [U. S.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913