fox terrier en · NOUN
Meanings
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Either of two breeds of dog (the smooth fox terrier and the wire fox terrier) bred for fox hunting.
After our fox-terrier had killed several of the Stationmaster's chickens and a peace offering had been made by my father in the form of cigars, I found that the way had been made clear for me to visit the junction box, and what a thrill it was.
1948 March and April, 'Aella', “First Steps in a Railway Career”, in Railway Magazine, page 91:One morning I had been driven to the precarious refuge afforded by the steps of the inn, after rejecting offers from the Celebrity to join him in a variety of amusements. But even here I was not free from interruption, for he was seated on a horse-block below me, playing with a fox terrier.
1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter IV, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC, pages 46–47:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| fox terriers | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
smooth fox terrier · miniature fox terrier · wire fox terrier · toy fox terrier
Synonyms
Translations (21)
ru фокстерье́р (dog breeds) · sk foxteriér (dog breeds) · de Foxterrier (dog breeds) · fi foksi (dog breeds) · cs foxteriér (dog breeds) · de Drahthaarfox (dog breeds) · cs foxteriérka (dog breeds) · fi foksterrieri (dog breeds) · eo vulpa terhundo (dog breeds) · fr fox-terrier (dog breeds) · sv foxterrier (dog breeds) · pl foksterier (dog breeds) · hu foxterrier (dog breeds) · ms anjing fox terrier (dog breeds) · hu foxi (dog breeds) · de Drahthaar-Foxterrier (dog breeds) · fi kettuterrieri (dog breeds) · fi kettis (dog breeds) · de Glatthaarfox (dog breeds) · nl foxterriër (dog breeds) · de Glatthaar-Foxterrier (dog breeds)