deerhound
English
Etymology
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.
Noun
deerhound (plural deerhounds)
- a dog, rather like a large greyhound, originally bred in Scotland for hunting deer
Translations
breed of dog
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