Phrase guide

guard dog

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A dog used to protect a property or its owner.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a dog trained to guard property

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: watchdog

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: working dog

Narrower terms: kuvasz, attack dog, housedog, schipperke, pinscher

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

40 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 看門狗 /看门狗 (kānméngǒu) — dog used to protect a property or its owner
  • Chinese Mandarin: 看家狗 (kānjiāgǒu) — dog used to protect a property or its owner
  • Danish: vagthund — dog used to protect a property or its owner
  • Dutch: waakhond — dog used to protect a property or its owner
  • Esperanto: gardhundo — dog used to protect a property or its owner
  • Finnish: vahtikoira — dog used to protect a property or its owner
  • French: mâtin — dog used to protect a property or its owner
  • French: chien de garde — dog used to protect a property or its owner
  • French: chienne de garde — dog used to protect a property or its owner
  • Georgian: მოდარაჯე ძაღლი (modaraǯe ʒaɣli) — dog used to protect a property or its owner
  • German: Wachhund — dog used to protect a property or its owner
  • German: Wachhündin — dog used to protect a property or its owner
  • Hungarian: őrkutya — dog used to protect a property or its owner
  • Icelandic: varðhundur — dog used to protect a property or its owner
  • Irish: madra cosanta — dog used to protect a property or its owner
  • Italian: cane da guardia — dog used to protect a property or its owner
  • Japanese: 番犬 (banken) — dog used to protect a property or its owner
  • Latin: canis custos — dog used to protect a property or its owner
  • Luxembourgish: Wuechthond — dog used to protect a property or its owner
  • Malay: anjing penjaga — dog used to protect a property or its owner
  • Malay: anjing pengawal — dog used to protect a property or its owner
  • Norwegian Bokmål: vakthund — dog used to protect a property or its owner
  • Norwegian Bokmål: vakthund — dog used to protect a property or its owner
  • Polish: pies stróżujący — dog used to protect a property or its owner
  • Portuguese: cão de guarda — dog used to protect a property or its owner
  • Russian: сторожево́й пёс (storoževój pjos) — dog used to protect a property or its owner
  • Russian: сторожева́я соба́ка (storoževája sobáka) — dog used to protect a property or its owner
  • Slovak: strážny pes — dog used to protect a property or its owner
  • Spanish: perro guardián — dog used to protect a property or its owner
  • Swedish: vakthund — dog used to protect a property or its owner
  • Swedish: gårdvar — dog used to protect a property or its owner
  • Tagalog: ayam — dog used to protect a property or its owner
  • Tibetan: འདོག་ཁྱི ('dog khyi) — dog used to protect a property or its owner
  • Turkish: bekçi köpeği — dog used to protect a property or its owner
  • Vietnamese: chó giữ nhà — dog used to protect a property or its owner
  • Vietnamese: chó bảo vệ — dog used to protect a property or its owner
  • Volapük: galedadog — dog used to protect a property or its owner
  • Volapük: galedahidog — dog used to protect a property or its owner
  • Volapük: galedajidog — dog used to protect a property or its owner
  • Welsh: gwarchodgi — dog used to protect a property or its owner