Usually means: Small, energetic dog, hunting origins.
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We found 40 dictionaries that define the word terrier:

General (30 matching dictionaries)
  1. terrier: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. terrier, terrier: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. terrier: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. terrier: Collins English Dictionary
  5. terrier: Vocabulary.com
  6. Terrier, terrier: Wordnik
  7. terrier: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. terrier: Wiktionary
  9. terrier: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. terrier: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. terrier: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. terrier: Dictionary.com
  13. terrier: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. terrier: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Terrier (disambiguation), Terrier (novel), Terrier (rocket), Terrier: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Terrier: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. terrier: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. terrier: Rhymezone
  19. Terrier, terrier (m): AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. terrier: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. terrier: Free Dictionary
  22. terrier: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  23. terrier: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. terrier: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus
  25. terrier: Dictionary/thesaurus

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1856 Edition (No longer online)
  2. Terrier: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. terrier: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  2. terrier: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. TERRIER, TERRIER, TERRIER: Terminology and Descriptions of Geneaological Words
  2. TERRIER: Acronym Finder

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. terrier: LITTLE EXPLORERS(TM) Picture Dictionary

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. terrier: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. terrier: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  A dog from a group of small, lively breeds, originally bred for the hunting of burrowing prey such as rats, rabbits, foxes, and even otters; this original function is reflected in some of their names (e.g. rat terrier).
noun:  Someone displaying terrier-like qualities such as determined pursuit.
noun:  (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.
noun:  (law) An inventory (book or roll) in which the lands of private persons or corporations are described by their site, boundaries, number of acres, etc.; a terrar.
noun:  An auger or borer.

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