water spaniel

noun

A large breed of spaniel used in hunting waterfowl.

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Meanings

nounwater spaniel (plural water spaniels)

plural water spaniels

  1. A large breed of spaniel used in hunting waterfowl.

    Shee hath more qualities then a Water-Spaniell, […] Shee can fetch and carry: why a horſe can doe no more; nay, a horſe cannot fetch, but onely carry, therefore is ſhee better then a Iade.

    c. 1590–1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Two Gentlemen of Verona”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i], page 30, column 2

Synonyms & antonyms

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water dog
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APA

water spaniel. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/water%20spaniel

MLA

“water spaniel.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/water%20spaniel. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “water spaniel,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/water%20spaniel.

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