bullmastiff

or bull-mas·tiff, bull mas·tiff

[ bool-mas-tif, -mah-stif ]

noun
  1. one of an English breed of dogs having a short, fawn or brindled coat, produced by crossing the bulldog and the mastiff.

Origin of bullmastiff

1
First recorded in 1870–75; bull(dog) + mastiff

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How to use bullmastiff in a sentence

  • The child ran on ahead towards the woods, a great bull-mastiff at his heels.

    The Black Moth | Georgette Heyer

British Dictionary definitions for bull mastiff

bull mastiff

noun
  1. a large powerful breed of dog with a short usually fawn or brindle coat, developed by crossing the bulldog with the mastiff

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