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Russian wolfhound

noun



Russian wolfhound

noun

  1. a less common name for borzoi
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Russian wolfhound1

First recorded in 1870–75
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Example Sentences

Other country-of-origin names include two immense Russian wolfhounds donated to the zoo in September of 1892 by Byron C. Daniels, U.S. consul at Hull, England.

Now, most people might call me a mongrel, but I have some pretty fancy bloodlines running through these veins and Russian wolfhound happens to be one of them.

His wife, Kathleen, enjoyed breeding borzoi, a type of Russian wolfhound, and, between the two of them, they restored the estate to something like its former glory.

She bounced up, drew a loud cheer and finished the run alongside the borzoi, also called a Russian wolfhound.

He usually walked the streets of New York with a white Russian wolfhound.

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