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Definitions for mastiff
ˈmæs tɪf, ˈmɑ stɪfmas·tiff
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Princeton's WordNet
mastiffnoun
an old breed of powerful deep-chested smooth-coated dog used chiefly as a watchdog and guard dog
Wiktionary
mastiffnoun
One of several large breeds of dog (such as bulldogs and Saint Bernards), often used as guard dogs
Etymology: An aberrant derivation from mastin (modern mâtin), from *, from mansuetus.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Mastiffnoun
mastives, plural. A dog of the largest size; a bandog; dogs kept to watch the house.
Etymology: mastin, French; mastino, Italian.
As savage bull, whom two fierce mastives bait,
When rancour doth with rage him once engore,
Forgets with wary ward them to await,
But with his dreadful horns them drives afore. Fairy Qu.When rank Thersites opes his mastiff jaws,
We shall hear musick, wit, and oracle. William Shakespeare.When we knock at a farmer’s door, the first answer shall be his vigilant mastiff. Henry More, Antidote against Atheism.
Soon as Ulysses near th’ enclosure drew,
With open mouths the furious mastives flew. Alexander Pope, Odys.Let the mastiffs amuse themselves about a sheep’s skin stuffed with hay, provided it will keep them from worrying the flock. Jonathan Swift.
Webster Dictionary
Mastiffnoun
a breed of large dogs noted for strength and courage. There are various strains, differing in form and color, and characteristic of different countries
Etymology: [Prob. fr. Prov. E. masty, adj., large, n., a great dog, prob. fr. mast fruit, and hence, lit., fattened with mast. There is perh. confusion with OF. mestif mongrel; cf. also F. mtin mastiff, OF. mastin.]
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Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Mastiff
mas′tif, n. a thick-set and powerful variety of dog much used as a watch-dog. [Skeat follows Scheler and Diez in explaining mastiff as 'house-dog,' from an assumed O. Fr. mastif, prob. a variant of O. Fr. mastin (Fr. mâtin)—Low L. masnata, a family—L. mansion-em, a house. Others explain as O. Fr. mestif (Fr. métif), of mixed breed, mongrel, or O. Fr. mestis (métis), mongrel, or even as the above O. Fr. mastin (Fr. mâtin), all, through Low L. forms, from L. mixtus, mistus, miscēre, to mix.]
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of mastiff in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of mastiff in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of mastiff in a Sentence
He that has not religion to govern his morality, is not a dram better than my mastiff-dog; so long as you stroke him, and please him, and do not pinch him, he will play with you as finely as may be, he is a very good moral mastiff; but if you hurt him, he will fly in your face, and tear out your throat.
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- slagtershond, waghond, kettinghondAfrikaans
- DoggeGerman
- mastín, alanoSpanish
- mastiffiFinnish
- mastiff, dogueFrench
- מסטיףHebrew
- masztiffHungarian
- mastiffIndonesian
- mastinoItalian
- マスチフ, マスティフJapanese
- mastiff, canis Anglicus, canis villaticusLatin
- mastifasLithuanian
- anjing mastifMalay
- mastiffDutch
- mastimPortuguese
- догRussian
- mastıTurkish
- jidoeg, jidoegül, hidoeg, doegül, doeg, hidoegülVolapük
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