Terrier Definition

tĕrē-ər

terriers

noun

Any member of several breeds of generally small and typically aggressive dog, orig. bred to rout vermin and small game animals from their lairs.

Webster's New World

(law, historical) A collection of acknowledgments of the vassals or tenants of a lordship, containing the rents and services they owed to the lord, etc.

Wiktionary

(law) A book or roll in which the lands of private persons or corporations are described by their site, boundaries, number of acres, etc.; a terrar.

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Other Word Forms of Terrier

Singular:

terrier

Plural:

terriers

Middle English from Old French (chien) terrier ground (dog), terrier from Medieval Latin terrārius of the earth from Latin terra ters- in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Old French (Middle French) chien terrier "terrier dog", or literally "earth dog," from chien 'dog' + terrier (itself ultimately from Latin terra 'earth').

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Compare Latin terere (“to rub, to rub away"), terebra (“a borer").

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