TERRIER Definition & Meaning

terrier

[ter-ee-er]

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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)��a surface-to-air, two-stage antiaircraft missile.

terrier

[ter-ee-er]

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noun

Law.

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

Terrier

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noun

informal��a member of the British Army's Territorial and Volunteer Reserve

terrier

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noun

any of several usually small, active, and short-bodied breeds of dog, originally trained to hunt animals living underground

terrier

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noun

English legal history a register or survey of land

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of terrier¹

1400–50; < Middle French, short for chien terrier literally, dog of the earth (< Medieval Latin �ٱ��ܲ�; 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 �ٱ��ܲ�; terra, -ier ² ); replacing earlier terrere < Anglo-French ( -er ²

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of terrier¹

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

Origin of terrier²

C15: from Old French, from Medieval Latin �ٱ��ܲ� of the land, from Latin terra land

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And with that, the pair take me up to the second level of their shop, followed by their border terrier, Jasper, and there she is, the girl of the hour.

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South Wales Police said the three Staffordshire bull terriers involved in the attack on 30 March had been destroyed, but no arrests had been made.

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He also admitted unlawfully possessing a knife in a public place and causing unnecessary suffering to a Staffordshire bull terrier.

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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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