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Large powerful dog
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rottweiler
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Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
The Rottweiler ( or ) or is a breed of domestic dog , regarded as medium-to-large or large.The dogs were known in German as , meaning Rottweil butchers ' dogs, because one of their uses was to herd livestock and pull carts laden with butchered meat to market. ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ At the front of the mourners is a fella with a huge rottweiler . ▪ Even the rottweiler could be sleeping. ▪ From the sideline it looked like a rottweiler up against a chihuahua. ▪ Martin and his three rottweilers lived in the ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1907, from Rottweil , town in Württemberg, southern Germany.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (alternative case form of Rottweiler English)
Usage examples of rottweiler.
Once the Rottweilers were secured on leashes, Kalo had hustled them into the camper truck and locked the tailgate.
He would look like his Weimaraner dam, while all the others took after their Rottweiler sire.
Instantly the Rottweilers ceased barking and dropped to sitting positions, their black ears pricking up intently.
East Oriole, Officer Delinko wondered if the trained Rottweilers were guarding the pancake-house site tonight.
The three men stared directly at her in a relaxed but watchful way, like Rottweilers waiting for the signal to attack.
She had always thought of the bicycle as a rather benign machine but now these people she saw zinging about might as well have been mounted on HIV-infected Rottweilers for all the fear and anger they contaminated her with.
The pack of crossbred Rottweilers and Dobermans was behind him, moving excitedly, muzzles thrust into the warm air, sniffing.