Sleuthhound

//ˈsluːθˌhaʊnd// noun, slang

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A working dog who tracks or pursues e.g. a wanted criminal; a bloodhound formerly used in Scotland.

    "Sometimes he pursued the wily burn trout with relentless ferocity and the silent intentness of a sleuthhound. Often, however, he would pause and with his finger indicate some favourite stone to Winsome."

  2. 2
    a breed of large powerful hound of European origin having very acute smell and used in tracking wordnet
  3. 3
    A detective; a sleuth. informal

    "And straightway the minions of the law led forth from their donjon keep one whom the sleuthhounds of justice had apprehended in consequence of information received."

  4. 4
    a detective who follows a trail wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English sluth hunde (and earlier as slodogge), from Old Norse slóð (“track”) + hound.

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