Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A dog of a large breed developed in medieval France for herding and guarding, having a long coarse coat that is black, gray, or tawny.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun an old French breed of large strong usually black dogs having a long tail and long wavy and slightly stiff coat.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An ancient French breed of sturdy, rough-coated
dogs .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun old French breed of large strong usually black dogs having a long tail and long wavy and slightly stiff coat
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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More Briard puppy updates at thecoughlin, under her briard puppies tag.
"suicide contagion." thecoughlin 2010
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Delighting Wes and Maggie, they also brought with them a long-haired tawny puppy, a briard named Raye.
Roadside Crosses Jeffery Deaver 2009
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Boling lounged back in a deep armchair, joined by Raye the briard.
Roadside Crosses Jeffery Deaver 2009
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Boling lounged back in a deep armchair, joined by Raye the briard.
Roadside Crosses Jeffery Deaver 2009
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Delighting Wes and Maggie, they also brought with them a long-haired tawny puppy, a briard named Raye.
Roadside Crosses Jeffery Deaver 2009
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Boling lounged back in a deep armchair, joined by Raye the briard.
Roadside Crosses Jeffery Deaver 2009
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Delighting Wes and Maggie, they also brought with them a long-haired tawny puppy, a briard named Raye.
Roadside Crosses Jeffery Deaver 2009
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Delighting Wes and Maggie, they also brought with them a long-haired tawny puppy, a briard named Raye.
Roadside Crosses Jeffery Deaver 2009
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Boling lounged back in a deep armchair, joined by Raye the briard.
Roadside Crosses Jeffery Deaver 2009
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Boling lounged back in a deep armchair, joined by Raye the briard.
Roadside Crosses Jeffery Deaver 2009
chained_bear commented on the word briard
Dog breed popularized after the Paris dog show of 1863, though Charlemagne is said to have owned several (?!). According to Simon & Schuster's Guide to Dogs, 1980.
Also, just a damn fine word.
February 21, 2007