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What (who) is domineer - definition

Domineer

·vt To rule with insolence or arbitrary sway; to play the master; to be overbearing; to Tyrannize; to Bluster; to swell with conscious superiority or haughtiness;

- often with over; as, to domineer over dependents.

domineer

[?d?m?'n??]

¦ verb [usu. as adjective domineering] behave in an arrogant and overbearing way.

Derivatives

domineeringly adverb

Origin

C16: from Du. dominieren, from Fr. dominer, from L. dominari (see dominate).

domineer

v. n.

1.

[With over.] Tyrannize, rule with insolence, rule tyrannously, lord it, play the autocrat or dictator, exercise oppression.

2.

[Used absolutely.] Hector, bully, bluster, swagger, swell, vapor, play the bully, lay down the law, ride a high horse, carry it with a high hand.