"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. Categories (lifeform): Dogs Related terms: dogs of war, sea dog
    Sense id: en-war_dog-en-noun-BR9Kx2-C Disambiguation of Dogs: 79 11 10 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 68 21 11 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 64 26 9 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 63 24 13
  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

Download JSON data for war dog meaning in All languages combined (1.8kB)

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