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bearhound

bearhound noun: a dog used for bearbaiting or bear hunting.

bearhound: a dog used for bearbaiting or bear hunting
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Noun

bearhound (plural bearhounds)

  1. A dog used for bearbaiting or bear hunting.
    • "For his amusement John the Terrible used to order a number of people to be sewed up in bear-skins, and then torn to death by bear-hounds. For tearing prisoners to pieces he ordered the tops of several trees to be bent down so that they came together; the limbs of the unfortunate victim were...1887, Thomas Wallace Knox, The Boy Travellers in the Russian Empire, Chapter 11

Forms of bearhound

pluralbearhounds

Origin of bearhound

From bear + hound.

Questions about bearhound

What does bearhound mean?
Bearhound means a dog used for bearbaiting or bear hunting.
What part of speech is bearhound?
Bearhound is a noun.
What is the plural of bearhound?
The plural of bearhound is bearhounds.

Words near bearhound in the dictionary

  1. bearheaded
  2. bearherd
  3. bearherds
  4. bearhide
  5. bearhides
  6. bearhound
  7. bearhounds
  8. bearhug
  9. bearhugged
  10. bearhugging
  11. bearhugs

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