Deerhound
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 a dog, rather like a large greyhound, originally bred in Scotland for hunting deer
- 2 very large and tall rough-coated dog bred for hunting deer; known as the royal dog of Scotland wordnet
Synonyms
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From Middle English *deerhound, *deerehund, from Old English *dēorhund (attested in hēahdēorhund (“stag-hound, deer-hound, a dog for hunting great game”)), equivalent to deer + hound.