great dane

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   very large powerful smooth-coated breed of dog

   Broaderworking dog

Questions about great dane

What does great dane mean?

great dane means "very large powerful smooth-coated breed of dog".

Is great dane a common word?

great dane 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.