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Alsatian

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Noun

1. alsatian

a native or inhabitant of Alsace

2. alsatian, german police dog, german shepherd, german shepherd dog

breed of large shepherd dogs used in police work and as a guide for the blind

Adjective

3. alsatian

of or relating to or characteristic of Alsace or its inhabitants

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Alsatian

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noun
1. Officially called: German shepherd, German shepherd dog
a large wolflike breed of dog often used as a guard or guide dog and by the police
2. 
a native or inhabitant of Alsace
3. 
(in the 17th century) a criminal or debtor who took refuge in the Whitefriars area of London
adjective
4. 
of or relating to Alsace or its inhabitants

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Alsatian

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adjective
1. 
of Alsace or its people, language, or culture
noun
2. 
a person born or living in Alsace
3. 
the variety of German spoken in Alsace, France
4.  British
German shepherd

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Alsatian

see synonyms of alsatian
adj.
Of or relating to Alsace or to its inhabitants or culture.
n.
1.
a. A native or inhabitant of Alsace.
b. A person of Alsatian ancestry.
2. Chiefly British A German shepherd.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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