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terrier
1[ ter-ee-er ]
noun
- any of several breeds of usually small dogs, used originally to pursue game and drive it out of its hole or burrow.
- (initial capital letter) U.S. Military. a surface-to-air, two-stage antiaircraft missile.
terrier
2[ ter-ee-er ]
noun
- a book or document in which are described the site, boundaries, acreage, tenants, etc., of certain lands.
Terrier
1/ ˈɛɪə /
noun
- informal.a member of the British Army's Territorial and Volunteer Reserve
terrier
2/ ˈɛɪə /
noun
- any of several usually small, active, and short-bodied breeds of dog, originally trained to hunt animals living underground
terrier
3/ ˈɛɪə /
noun
- English legal history a register or survey of land
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of terrier1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of terrier1
Origin of terrier2
Example Sentences
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.
“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.
He was soon promoted to a travelling salesman, working with sporting kennels before later managing a terrier dog show in Westminster.
"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.
The giant bird - he had a wing span of six feet - first set his sights on a Cairn terrier.
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