"war dog" meaning in All languages combined

See war dog on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: war dogs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} war dog (plural war dogs)
  1. A dog that was deployed in a war. Related terms: dogs of war, sea dog Translations (dog deployed in a war): sotakoira (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-war_dog-en-noun-BR9Kx2-C Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Dogs Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 73 11 16 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 79 10 11 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 88 6 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 90 5 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 73 17 10 Disambiguation of Dogs: 80 10 10 Disambiguation of 'dog deployed in a war': 69 28 3
  2. A veteran soldier, particularly a heroic one, in a war.
    Sense id: en-war_dog-en-noun-U6gg~Tjs
  3. (figuratively) A warrior; a battler. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-war_dog-en-noun-N34s78vJ

Inflected forms

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