bull terrier

1. 1.

   a powerful short-haired terrier originated in England by crossing the bulldog with terriers

   Synonymsbullterrier

   Broaderterrier

   NarrowerStaffordshire bullterrierAmerican Staffordshire terrier

Questions about bull terrier

What does bull terrier mean?

bull terrier means "a powerful short-haired terrier originated in England by crossing the bulldog with terriers".

What is another word for bull terrier?

Close synonyms include bullterrier. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is bull terrier a common word?

bull terrier is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.