Definition of Sleuthhound

1. Noun. A detective who follows a trail.

Exact synonyms: Sleuth
Generic synonyms: Detective
Derivative terms: Sleuth

2. Noun. A breed of large powerful hound of European origin having very acute smell and used in tracking.
Exact synonyms: Bloodhound
Generic synonyms: Hound, Hound Dog

Definition of Sleuthhound

1. n. A hound that tracks animals by the scent; specifically, a bloodhound.

Definition of Sleuthhound

1. Noun. A working dog who tracks or pursues e.g. a wanted criminal ¹

2. Noun. (informal) a detective, a sleuth ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Sleuthhound

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Medical Definition of Sleuthhound

1. A hound that tracks animals by the scent; specifically, a bloodhound. [Spelt variously slouthhound, sluthhound, etc. See: Sleuth, and cf. Slothound. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sleuthhound

slenderness
slendernesses
slenter
slenters
slepez
slept
slept off
slepton
sleptons
sleptwalk
sleptwalked
sleuth
sleuth-hound
sleuth-hounds
sleuthed
sleuthhound (current term)
sleuthhounds
sleuthing
sleuths
sleuthy
slew
slew rate
slewed
slewest
slewing
slews
slewth
sley
sleyed
sleying

Literary usage of Sleuthhound

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Baily's Magazine of Sports and Pastimes (1884)
"The forties in the meanwhile were having a match to themselves, and May was again first home ; but a protest on the part of sleuthhound having been ..."

2. The Monthly Chronicle of North Country Lore and Legend (1890)
"The breed of the sleuthhound has long been extinct, or nearly so, in the Border districts. It was kept pure till after the Forty-five in the Highlands of ..."

3. The Royal Yacht Squadron: Memorials of Its Members with an Enquiry Into the by Montague John Guest, William Biggs Boulton (1903)
"This fell to the last, the redoubtable little 40-tonner sleuthhound, ... The following day, in the cutter and yawl race, the sleuthhound bore off the cup ..."

4. Ayrshire: Its History and Historic Families by William Robertson (1908)
"John of Lorne had a sleuthhound that had once belonged to the King, an animal of high sagacity, and he assured the English General that if only it were once ..."

5. Covert-side Sketches: Or, Thoughts on Hunting Suggested by Many Days in Many by J. Nevill Fitt (1879)
"That the Talbot, the St. Hubert, sleuthhound, and bloodhound, are one and the same breed, I have no doubt; but I think there is evidence to show that in ..."

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