Etymology

deerhound

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Today it means: A breed of dog, rather like a large greyhound, originally bred in Scotland for hunting deer. Full definition →

Middle English *deerhound ← Old English *dēorhund
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  1. Old English · inherited from*dēorhund
  2. Middle English · inherited from*deerhound
  3. English todaydeerhound

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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