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noun
a dog, rather like a large greyhound, originally bred in Scotland for hunting deer
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
very large and tall rough-coated dog bred for hunting deer; known as the royal dog of Scotland
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Scottish deerhound
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Broader terms: hound, hound dog
History
From Middle English *deerhound, *deerehund, from Old English *dēorhund (attested in hēahdēorhund (“stag-hound, deer-hound, a dog for hunting great game”)), equivalent to deer + hound.
Across languages
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