saint bernard

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   a Swiss alpine breed of large powerful dog with a thick coat of hair used as a rescue dog

   SynonymsSt Bernard

   Broaderworking dog

Questions about saint bernard

What does saint bernard mean?

saint bernard means "a Swiss alpine breed of large powerful dog with a thick coat of hair used as a rescue dog".

What is another word for saint bernard?

Close synonyms include St Bernard. 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 saint bernard a common word?

saint bernard 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.