staffordshire terrier

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   American breed of muscular terriers with a short close-lying stiff coat

   SynonymsAmerican Staffordshire terrierAmerican pit bull terrierpit bull terrier

   Broaderbullterrier

Questions about staffordshire terrier

What does staffordshire terrier mean?

staffordshire terrier means "American breed of muscular terriers with a short close-lying stiff coat".

What is another word for staffordshire terrier?

Close synonyms include American Staffordshire terrier, American pit bull terrier, pit bull terrier. 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 staffordshire terrier a common word?

staffordshire 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.