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noun
A dog from a group of small, lively breeds, originally bred for the hunting of burrowing prey such as rats, rabbits, foxes, and even otters; this original function is reflected in some of their names (e.g. rat terrier).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Someone displaying terrier-like qualities such as determined pursuit.
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noun
A collection of acknowledgments of the vassals or tenants of a lordship, containing the rents and services they owed to the lord, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
Topics: law
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noun
An inventory (book or roll) in which the lands of private persons or corporations are described by their site, boundaries, number of acres, etc.; a terrar.
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Topics: law
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An auger or borer.
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any of several usually small short-bodied breeds originally trained to hunt animals living underground
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Broader terms: hunting dog
Narrower terms: bullterrier, bull terrier, Bedlington terrier, Border terrier, Kerry blue terrier, Irish terrier, Norfolk terrier, Norwich terrier, Yorkshire terrier, rat terrier, ratter, fox terrier, wirehair, wirehaired terrier, wire-haired terrier, Airedale, Airedale terrier, cairn, cairn terrier, Australian terrier, Dandie Dinmont, Dandie Dinmont terrier, Boston bull, Boston terrier, schnauzer, Scotch terrier, Scottish terrier, Scottie, Tibetan terrier, chrysanthemum dog, silky terrier, Sydney silky, Skye terrier, soft-coated wheaten terrier, West Highland white terrier, Lhasa, Lhasa apso
History
Borrowed from Middle French, from Old French chien terrier (“terrier dog”), from chien (“dog”) + Old French terrier (“of earth”, adjective), from Medieval Latin terrarius (“of earth”), from Latin terra (“earth”).
Borrowed from Anglo-Norman terrier, from Old French terrier (“of earth”, adjective), from Medieval Latin terrarius (“of earth”), from Latin terra (“earth”).
Compare Latin terō (“to rub, to rub away”), terebra (“a borer”).
Across languages
22 source translations are retained for this English entry.
