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Definition of Saint Bernard
1. Noun. A Swiss alpine breed of large powerful dog with a thick coat of hair used as a rescue dog.
Definition of Saint Bernard
1. Noun. One of a breed of large dog, famous for rescuing people on mountains. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Saint Bernard
Literary usage of Saint Bernard
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Federal and State Constitutions: Colonial Charters, and Other Organic by Francis N. Thorpe, United States (1909)
"... For the parish of Sabine, one; For the parish of Saint Bernard, one; For the
parish of Saint Helena, one : For the parish of Saint Charles, one; ..."
2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"He had a rather stormy career after this, one phase of which is touched upon in
the paragraphs with regard to Saint Bernard, but the end of his life was ..."
3. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge edited by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1883)
"Saint Bernard. I. Great, a mountain pass in the Pennine chain of Alps, between
Martigny in the Swiss canton of Valais and the Pied- montese valley of Aosta. ..."
4. Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres by Henry Adams (1905)
"In mere time, by actual date, the old tower represents the second crusade, and
when, in 1150, Saint Bernard was elected chief of that crusade in this very ..."
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