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Definition of Bandog
1. n. A mastiff or other large and fierce dog, usually kept chained or tied up.
Definition of Bandog
1. Noun. (rare) A dog that has been tied up; a mastiff or other kind of guard dog. ¹
2. Noun. Specifically, a type of large, ferocious dog bred by crossing American pit bull terriers with Neapolitan mastiffs. ¹
3. Noun. (obsolete slang cant) A bailiff or prison guard. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bandog
1. a watchdog [n -S]
Medical Definition of Bandog
1. A mastiff or other large and fierce dog, usually kept chained or tied up. "The keeper entered leading his bandog, a large bloodhound, tied in a leam, or band, from which he takes his name." (Sir W. Scott) Origin: Band + dog, i.e, bound dog. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bandog
Literary usage of Bandog
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. American Kennel Register: A Monthly Record (1885)
"Thus we see that in the seventeenth and eighteenth century bandog was ...
Chaucer mentions the bandog, and Spencer, writing in the sixteenth century, ..."
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