sheepdog
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See also: sheep dog
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Etymology
Pronunciation
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Noun
sheepdog (plural sheepdogs)
- A breed of dog, used for herding sheep.
- A breed of dog used for guarding sheep.
- (slang, dated) A chaperon; an adult who accompanies other people in a supervisory role.
- (US, slang, law enforcement) A police officer.
Synonyms
Derived terms
- Abruzzese Sheepdog
- Catalan Sheepdog
- Croatian Sheepdog
- Cumberland Sheepdog
- Dutch Sheepdog
- Gaucho Sheepdog
- Gaucho sheepdog
- Himalayan Sheepdog
- Icelandic Sheepdog
- Maremmano-Abruzzese Sheepdog
- Maremma Sheepdog
- Old English Sheepdog
- Patagonian Sheepdog
- Polish Lowland Sheepdog
- Polish Tatra Sheepdog
- Portuguese Sheepdog
- Shetland Sheepdog
- Shetland sheepdog
- Shirak Sheepdog
- Vikhan Sheepdog
- Welsh Sheepdog
Translations
dog used for herding sheep
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Verb
sheepdog (third-person singular simple present sheepdogs, present participle sheepdogging, simple past and past participle sheepdogged)
- To chaperon or shepherd.
- 1999, David Weber, Echoes of Honor, Baen Publishing Enterprises, →ISBN:
- Given the vivacious young redhead's attractiveness, some might have assumed he had more than simply professional reasons for sheepdogging her career, but they would have been wrong. He'd seen something in her ...
- 2009, Carl M. Cannon, Lou Dubose, Jan Reid, Boy Genius: Karl Rove, the Architect of George W. Bush's Remarkable Political Triumphs, PublicAffairs, →ISBN:
- On June 14, with Kennedy personally sheepdogging it, the No Child Left Behind Act passed the Senate ninety-one to eight.
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