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dog man

dog man noun: a man who likes dogs or prefers dogs as pets, often as opposed to liking cats.

Noun

dog man (plural dog men)

  1. A man who likes dogs or prefers dogs as pets, often as opposed to liking cats.
    • Now. I am not a cat man, but a dog man. Indeed, if I had my way. I would own an English bulldog, which I consider the king of breeds.1942, Stephen Benet, The Australian Women's Weekly, page 2
    • Major Anstruther did not care much for cats: he was a dog-man himself.1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 618
  2. A man who breeds, handles, or sells dogs; a greyhound or hunting dog handler.
    • Of course there is a sprinkling of wealthy dog men, but in the main it is working-class hopefuls who supply the fields[.]1966, James Holledge, The Great Australian Gable, Sydney: Horwitz Publications, page 124

Examples of dog man in a sentence

  • If you were a total dog man like Joe, and a one-man dog like Cass, the relationship developed a mutual dependency, as close as any marriage, of minds and hearts.2010, Gordon Thorburn, Cassius - The True Story of a Courageous Police Dog:
  • "You a dog man or a cat man?" "Dog, I guess."2010, John Verdon, Think of a Number:

Forms of dog man

pluraldog men
alternative formdog-man
alternative formdogman

Questions about dog man

What does dog man mean?
Dog man means a man who likes dogs or prefers dogs as pets, often as opposed to liking cats.
How do you use dog man in a sentence?
If you were a total dog man like Joe, and a one-man dog like Cass, the relationship developed a mutual dependency, as close as any marriage, of minds and hearts.
What part of speech is dog man?
Dog man is a noun.
What is the plural of dog man?
The plural of dog man is dog men.

Words near dog man in the dictionary

  1. Dog Islands
  2. dog it
  3. dog Latin
  4. dog lead
  5. dog leads
  6. dog man
  7. dog meat
  8. dog men
  9. dog milk
  10. dog musher
  11. dog mushers

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