St Bernard

n. (in full St Bernard dog)
1 a very large dog of a breed orig. kept to rescue travellers by the monks of the Hospice on the Great St Bernard pass in the Alps.
2 this breed.

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noun

a Swiss alpine breed of large powerful dog with a thick coat of hair used as a rescue dog

• Syn: ↑Saint Bernard

• Hypernyms: ↑working dog

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St Bernard's dog or St Bernard noun

A breed of very large dog, named after the hospice of the Great St Bernard on the Swiss–Italian border, used, esp formerly, to rescue travellers lost in the snow

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Main Entry: ↑saint

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St Bernard UK [sənt ˈbɜː(r)nə(r)d] US [ˌseɪnt bərˈnɑrd] noun [countable] [singular St Bernard plural St Bernards]

a type of large dog used for finding people who have got lost in the mountains

Thesaurus: breeds of dog_hyponym types of dog_hypernym

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St Bernard [St Bernard St Bernards] [ˌsnt ˈbɜːnəd] [ˌseɪnt bɜːrˈnɑːrd] noun

a large strong dog, originally from Switzerland, where it was trained to help find people who were lost in the snow