St. Bernard
[ seynt ber-nahrd; for 1, 2 also French san ber-nar ]
/ ˌseɪnt bərˈnɑrd; for 1, 2 also French sɛ̃ bɛrˈnar /
noun
Great, a mountain pass between SW Switzerland and NW Italy, in the Pennine Alps: Napoleon led his army through it in 1800; location of a hospice. 8108 feet (2470 meters) high.
Little, a mountain pass between SE France and NW Italy, in the Alps, S of Mont Blanc. 7177 feet (2185 meters) high.
one of a breed of very large dogs having a massive head and a dense coat, bred in the Swiss Alps as guide dogs and used to rescue lost, snowbound travelers.
RELATED CONTENT
What Are The 100 Most Commonly Used Words In English?These are the most common words in English, ranked in frequency order. The first 100 are said to make up about half of all written material. The first 25 make up about one-third of all printed material in English and the first 300 make up about sixty-five percent of all written material in English: the, of, and, a, to, in, is, you, that, it, he, …
Definition for st. bernard (2 of 2)
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019
British Dictionary definitions for st. bernard
Saint Bernard
noun usually abbreviated to: St Bernard
a large breed of dog with a dense red-and-white coat, formerly used as a rescue dog in mountainous areas
Word Origin for Saint Bernard
C19: so called because they were kept by the monks of the hospice at the Great Saint Bernard Pass
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