Saint Bernard


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How to use Saint Bernard in a sentence

  • In crossing the Saint-Bernard or the Balkan, other calculations would doubtless be necessary.

    The Art of War | Baron Henri de Jomini

British Dictionary definitions for Saint Bernard

Saint Bernard

nounusually abbreviated to: St Bernard
  1. a large breed of dog with a dense red-and-white coat, formerly used as a rescue dog in mountainous areas

Origin of Saint Bernard

1
C19: so called because they were kept by the monks of the hospice at the Great Saint Bernard Pass

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