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terrier

1

[ ter-ee-er ]

noun

  1. any of several breeds of usually small dogs, used originally to pursue game and drive it out of its hole or burrow.
  2. (initial capital letter) U.S. Military. a surface-to-air, two-stage antiaircraft missile.


terrier

2

[ ter-ee-er ]

noun

Law.
  1. a book or document in which are described the site, boundaries, acreage, tenants, etc., of certain lands.

Terrier

1

/ ˈɛɪə /

noun

  1. informal.
    a member of the British Army's Territorial and Volunteer Reserve
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

terrier

2

/ ˈɛɪə /

noun

  1. any of several usually small, active, and short-bodied breeds of dog, originally trained to hunt animals living underground
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

terrier

3

/ ˈɛɪə /

noun

  1. English legal history a register or survey of land
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of terrier1

1400–50; < Middle French, short for chien terrier literally, dog of the earth (< Medieval Latin ٱܲ; terra, -ier 2 ); so called because used to start badgers from their burrows; replacing late Middle English terrere < Anglo-French ( -er 2 )

Origin of terrier2

1470–80; < Middle French, short for registre terrier register of land (< Medieval Latin ٱܲ; terra, -ier 2 ); replacing earlier terrere < Anglo-French ( -er 2
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of terrier1

C15: from Old French chien terrier earth dog, from Medieval Latin ٱܲ belonging to the earth, from Latin terra earth

Origin of terrier2

C15: from Old French, from Medieval Latin ٱܲ of the land, from Latin terra land
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Lilly was 10 when she was attacked in September 2023, and had just finished playing football with a neighbour when the Staffordshire bull terrier cross breed bit her face.

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“Around the time we first started talking about her, she had a dog that she was very close with that she lost,” McGehee says, referring to Watts’ 20-year-old Yorkshire terrier Bob, who died in 2021.

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He was soon promoted to a travelling salesman, working with sporting kennels before later managing a terrier dog show in Westminster.

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"My grandfather used to have a smooth fox terrier and I remember seeing an old home film with it in and wondering what type of dog it was," he added.

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The giant bird - he had a wing span of six feet - first set his sights on a Cairn terrier.

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