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Definition of Guard dog
1. Noun. A dog trained to guard property.
Generic synonyms: Working Dog
Specialized synonyms: Kuvasz, Attack Dog, Housedog, Schipperke, Pinscher
Definition of Guard dog
1. Noun. A dog used to protect a property or its owner. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Guard Dog
Literary usage of Guard dog
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Modern Training and Handling by Bernard Waters (1894)
"The guard dog does not undergo a regular, formal course of training as do the
... It is a mistake, however, to suppose that any dog is a good guard dog ..."
2. Sabra Crossing: An Ecological Adventure in the North Atlantic by Michael L. Frankel (1991)
"We decided the trusting owners must have gone ashore and left their guard dog to
watch over the boat. It was getting later and later and we were tired and ..."
3. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1904)
"This is to all intents and purposes a short-coated, bob- tailed Pomeranian,
commonly kept by the boatmen of Holland and the Rhine as a guard-dog, ..."
4. Instructions to Young Sportsmen, in All that Relates to Guns and Shooting by Peter Hawker, William Trotter Porter (1846)
"The dog we allude to, is an active dog, of a yellow colour, a pointed nose, an
ear that is partly erect and partly dependent—a watchful, sprightly guard-dog ..."
5. The New International Encyclopaedia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1906)
"This is to all intents and purposes a short-coated, bob- tailed Pomeranian,
commonly kept by the boatmen of Holland and the Rhine as a guard-dog, ..."
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