Phrase guide

gun dog

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

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1

noun

Meaning 1

Any of various breeds of dog used by hunters to find, flush out and retrieve birds and other game; an individual of such a breed.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: hunting dog, dog, hound

2

noun

Meaning 2

a dog trained to work with sportsmen when they hunt with guns

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: sporting dog

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: hunting dog

Narrower terms: bird dog, water dog, retriever, pointer, Spanish pointer, setter, spaniel, griffon, wire-haired pointing griffon

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

26 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: ловджийско куче (lovdžijsko kuče) — dog used by hunter
  • Chinese Cantonese: 獵犬 /猎犬 (lip6 hyun2) — dog used by hunter
  • Chinese Cantonese: 獵狗 /猎狗 (lip6 gau2) — dog used by hunter
  • Chinese Mandarin: 獵犬 /猎犬 (lièquǎn) — dog used by hunter
  • Chinese Mandarin: 獵狗 /猎狗 (liègǒu) — dog used by hunter
  • Chinese Mandarin: 攆山狗 /撵山狗 — dog used by hunter
  • Xiang Chinese: 趕山狗 /赶山狗 (gan3 san1 gou3) — dog used by hunter
  • Dutch: vogelhond — dog used by hunter
  • Dutch: jachthond — dog used by hunter
  • Finnish: lintukoira — dog used by hunter
  • Finnish: metsästyskoira — dog used by hunter
  • French: chien de chasse — dog used by hunter
  • Galician: can de caza — dog used by hunter
  • German: Apportierhund — dog used by hunter
  • German: Jagdhund — dog used by hunter
  • Japanese: 猟犬 (ryōken) — dog used by hunter
  • Japanese: 狩犬 (kariinu) — dog used by hunter
  • Korean: 조렵견 (joryeopgyeon) — dog used by hunter
  • Malay: انجيڠ ڤمبورو — dog used by hunter
  • Malay: anjing pemburu — dog used by hunter
  • Polish: aporter — dog used by hunter
  • Russian: охо́тничья соба́ка (oxótničʹja sobáka) — dog used by hunter
  • Shor: эгер (eger) — dog used by hunter
  • Swedish: fågelhund — dog used by hunter
  • Tibetan: རྔོན་ཁྱི (rngon khyi) — dog used by hunter
  • Turkish: av köpeği — dog used by hunter