a. [ L. dominans, -antis, p. pr. of dominari: cf. F. dominant. See Dominate. ] Ruling; governing; prevailing; controlling; predominant;
The member of a dominant race is, in his dealings with the subject race, seldom indeed fraudulent, . . . but imperious, insolent, and cruel. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]
Dominant estate
Dominant tenement
Dominant owner (Law),
n. (Mus.) The fifth tone of the scale; thus G is the dominant of C, A of D, and so on. [ 1913 Webster ]
Dominant chord (Mus.),