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mastiff
[ mas-tif, mah-stif ]
noun
- one of a breed of large, powerful, short-haired dogs having an apricot, fawn, or brindled coat.
mastiff
/ ˈmæstɪf /
noun
- an old breed of large powerful short-haired dog, usually fawn or brindle with a dark mask
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Word History and Origins
Origin of mastiff1
1300–50; Middle English mastif, perhaps extracted from Anglo-French masti ( n ) s (taken as *mastifs ), plural of Old French mastin < Vulgar Latin ( canis ) *ma ( n ) suētīnus, derivative of Latin mansuētus tame, mild ( mansuetude )
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Word History and Origins
Origin of mastiff1
C14: from Old French, ultimately from Latin mansuētus tame; see mansuetude
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Example Sentences
These animals, including a large mastiff, belonging to a nobleman in the place, had a practice of going regularly to church.
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Great was his astonishment on opening the library door, to find the mastiff stretched in front of it.
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Black Nero was a magnificent mastiff, with not a white hair on his back.
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Laying his hand on the big mastiff's neck, Franz struck directly away from the school.
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The big mastiff settled himself to wait until his master saw fit to rejoin him.
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