From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Animals, Petsterrierter‧ri‧er /ˈteriə $ -ər/ noun [countable]👁 Image of terrier HBADHPa small active type of dog that was originally used for huntingExamples from the Corpusterrier• A ganglingmixedbreed of Labradors and mongrelhounds and terriers.• Also sharing the house, a foxterrier called Leo.• Shaw ordered a sculpture of his champion fox terrier, and Bayard Warren a portrait of his champion Sealyham.• Glebe terriers, cathedral records, borough records and tax returns can also be of value.• Them there the Metropolitans would fight like terriers to protect.• There was no sign of the terriers.• The terriersbounded along ahead on their short legs.Originterrier(1400-1500)French(chien) terrier“earth dog, terrier”, from terrier“of earth”, from Medieval Latinterrarius, from Latinterra ( → TERRACE); because it hunts by digging into animals' holes
