"bandog" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈbandɒɡ/ [UK] Audio: En-au-bandog.ogg [Australia] Forms: bandogs [plural]
Etymology: From band + dog. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|band|dog}} band + dog Head templates: {{en-noun}} bandog (plural bandogs)
  1. (archaic) A dog that has been tied up; a mastiff or other kind of guard dog. Tags: archaic Categories (lifeform): Dogs
    Sense id: en-bandog-en-noun-Aen~g66m Disambiguation of Dogs: 39 25 8 28
  2. (specifically) A type of large, ferocious dog, bred by crossing American pit bull terriers with Neapolitan mastiffs. Tags: specifically Translations (American pit bull terrior and Neapolitan mastiff cross): amerikanbandoggi (Finnish), bandog [masculine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-bandog-en-noun-g37f9u1V Disambiguation of 'American pit bull terrior and Neapolitan mastiff cross': 12 72 2 14
  3. (figurative, literary) Something that or someone who pursues doggedly. Tags: figuratively, literary
    Sense id: en-bandog-en-noun-M3v4SRpw
  4. (obsolete, slang, cant) A bailiff or prison guard. Tags: obsolete, slang
    Sense id: en-bandog-en-noun-TOtxILGQ Categories (other): English cant, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 20 10 43 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 31 12 6 51
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: band-dog, ban dog

Inflected forms

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