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Mastiff

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    One of an old breed of powerful, deep-chested, and smooth-coated dogs, used chiefly as watchdogs and guard dogs.

    "At which time, they wryte that Demoſthenes told the people of Athens, the fable of the ſheepe and woulues, how that the woulues came on a time, and willed the ſheepe, if they woulde haue peace with them, to deliuer them their maſtiues that kept them."

  2. 2
    Alternative letter-case form of mastiff. alt-of
  3. 3
    an old breed of powerful deep-chested smooth-coated dog used chiefly as a watchdog and guard dog wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English mastif, mastyf, an aberrant derivation (with influence from Old French mestif) from Old French mastin (modern French mâtin), from Vulgar Latin *mansuetinus (“tamed (animal)”), from Latin mansuetus (“tamed”).

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