border collie

noun

A herding dog of a breed originating near the border between England and Scotland, and specifically bred for intelligence and obedience.

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Meanings

border collie1

nounborder collie (plural border collies)

plural border collies · alternative Border Collie · alternative Border collie

  1. A herding dog of a breed originating near the border between England and Scotland, and specifically bred for intelligence and obedience.

    And you really know you are in The Dales when you see a border collie riding on the back of a quadbike!

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Border Collie2

nounBorder Collie (plural Border Collies)

plural Border Collies

  1. Alternative letter-case form of border collie.

Border collie3

nounBorder collie (plural Border collies)

plural Border collies

  1. Alternative letter-case form of border collie.

Origin

Essentially the collie from the Scottish and English Borders.

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Translations

Bulgarian бордър коли
  • бордър коли (bordăr koli)border collie
Chinese Mandarin 邊境牧羊犬 /边境牧羊犬, 邊界牧羊犬 /边界牧羊犬
  • 邊境牧羊犬 /边境牧羊犬 (biānjìng mùyángquǎn)border collie
  • 邊界牧羊犬 /边界牧羊犬 (biānjiè mùyángquǎn)border collie
  • 邊牧 /边牧 (biānmù)border collie
Esperanto landlima ŝafhundo
  • landlima ŝafhundoborder collie
Finnish bordercollie
  • bordercollieborder collie
French border collie
  • border collieborder collie
German Border Collie
  • Border Collieborder collie
Irish cóilí teorann
  • cóilí teorannborder collie
Japanese ボーダー・コリー
  • ボーダー・コリー (bōdā korī)border collie
Korean 보더 콜리
  • 보더 콜리 (bodeo kolli)border collie
Latvian borderkollijs
  • borderkollijsborder collie
Lithuanian borderkolis
  • borderkolisborder collie
Malay collie sempadan
  • collie sempadanborder collie
Polish border collie
  • border collieborder collie
Portuguese border collie
  • border collieborder collie
Russian бордер-колли
  • бордер-колли (border-kolli)border collie
Swedish bordercollie
  • bordercollieborder collie
Turkish sınır colliesi
  • sınır colliesiborder collie
Cite this entry
APA

border collie. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/border%20collie

MLA

“border collie.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/border%20collie. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “border collie,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/border%20collie.

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