guard-dog

A form of guard dog — A dog used to protect a property or its owner.

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Meanings

nounguard‐dog (plural guard-dogs)

plural guard-dogs

  1. alternativeAlternative form of guard dog.

    The houses were mostly silent ; now and then a guard‐dog growled at some occult alarm ; a woman somewhere was softly and fitfully singing a child to sleep, and the baby crooned too, and joined in the vague, drowsy ditty.

    1913, Mary Noailles Murfree, The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains, page 46
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APA

guard-dog. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/guard-dog

MLA

“guard-dog.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/guard-dog. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “guard-dog,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/guard-dog.

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