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Webster 1913 Edition

Deerhound

Deer′houndˊ

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Noun.
(Zool.)
One of a large and fleet breed of hounds used in hunting deer; a staghound.

Definition 2024

deerhound

deerhound

English

Noun

deerhound ‎(plural deerhounds)

  1. a dog, rather like a large greyhound, originally bred in Scotland for hunting deer

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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.

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