Mastiff Definition

măstĭf
mastiffs
noun
Any of a breed of large, powerful dog with hanging lips and drooping ears and having a short, thick, often fawn-colored coat, dark on the muzzle, nose, and ears: formerly used for hunting, now often a watchdog and guard dog.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Mastiff

Noun

Singular:
mastiff
Plural:
mastiffs

Origin of Mastiff

  • Middle English mastif alteration (perhaps influenced by Old French mestif mongrel) of Old French mastin from Vulgar Latin (canis) mānsuētīnus tame (dog) from Latin mānsuētus past participle of mānsuēscere to tame manus hand man-2 in Indo-European roots suēscere to accustom s(w)e- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • An aberrant derivation from Old French mastin (modern French mâtin), from Vulgar Latin *mansuetÄ«nus (“tamed (animal)"), from Latin mansuetus (“tamed").

    From Wiktionary

Mastiff Sentence Examples

  • The pugdog is a dwarf race, probably of mastiff origin, and kept solely as a pet.

  • Hamilton Benn were busy laying a smoke screen, supported by the "Faulknor" (flying Commodore Hubert Lyne's broad pendant), "Lightfoot," "Mastiff," "Afridi," "Swift" and "Matchless."

  • The English mastiff is a huge and powerful dog with pendent ears but short and silky coat.

  • The build is rather slighter than that of the English mastiff, and the ears are small and carried erect.

  • They were to be supported by five bombarding monitors ("Marshal Soult," "Lord Clive," "Prince Eugene," "General Crawford," M24 and M26) and covered by five British destroyers ("Swift," "Faulknor," "Matchless," "Mastiff" and "Afridi"), with three British destroyers and six French torpedo boats attending on the monitors ("Mentor," "Lightfoot," "Zubian," "Lestin," "Capitaine Mehl," "Francis Gamier," "Roux," "Bouclier").

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