"deerhound" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: deerhounds [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English *deerhound, *deerehund, from Old English *dēorhund (attested in hēahdēorhund (“stag-hound, deer-hound, a dog for hunting great game”)), equivalent to deer + hound. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|*deerhound}} Middle English *deerhound, {{inh|en|ang|*dēorhund}} Old English *dēorhund, {{compound|en|deer|hound}} deer + hound Head templates: {{en-noun}} deerhound (plural deerhounds)
  1. a dog, rather like a large greyhound, originally bred in Scotland for hunting deer Translations (breed of dog): skotlanninhirvikoira (Finnish), ελαφόσκυλο (elafóskylo) [neuter] (Greek), ελαφοθήρας κύων (elafothíras kýon) [masculine] (Greek), anjing pemburu rusa (Malay), coo feeaih [masculine] (Manx), coo feeaihee [masculine] (Manx)

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