domestic

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1. 1.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.
2. 2.Remaining much at home; devoted to home duties or pleasures; as, a domestic man or woman.
3. 3.Living in or near the habitations of man; domesticated; tame as distinguished from wild; as, domestic animals.
4. 4.Made in one's own house, nation, or country; as, domestic manufactures, wines, etc.
5. 5.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.
6. 6.pl. (Com.) Articles of home manufacture, especially cotton goods. [U. S.]

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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Definition-first questions whose answer is domestic.

• What is 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 called?
• What is remaining much at home; devoted to home duties or pleasures; as, a domestic man or woman called?
• What is living in or near the habitations of man; domesticated; tame as distinguished from wild; as, domestic animals called?
• What is made in one's own house, nation, or country; as, domestic manufactures, wines, etc called?
• What is 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 called?
• What is pl. (Com.) Articles of home manufacture, especially cotton goods. [U. S.] called?