samoyed

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A Samoyed is a working dog, it needs to be kept busy or it will turn to boredom and destruction.

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Quick take

(zoology) A hardy breed of dog from Siberia.

Meaning at a glance

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noun

(zoology) A hardy breed of dog from Siberia.

noun

(anthropology) A member of the Samoyedic peoples of the Siberian Urals, who speak Samoyedic languages.

noun

Alternative letter-case form of Samoyed (dog) [(anthropology) A member of the Samoyedic peoples of the Siberian Urals, who speak Samoyedic languages.]

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for samoyed.

noun

(zoology) A hardy breed of dog from Siberia.

See also: samoyede, samoyedic

noun

(anthropology) A member of the Samoyedic peoples of the Siberian Urals, who speak Samoyedic languages.

See also: samoyede, samoyedic

noun

Alternative letter-case form of Samoyed (dog) [(anthropology) A member of the Samoyedic peoples of the Siberian Urals, who speak Samoyedic languages.]

See also: samoyede, samoyedic

adjective

(anthropology) Of or pertaining to this people.

See also: samoyede, samoyedic

Example sentences

A Samoyed is a working dog, it needs to be kept busy or it will turn to boredom and destruction.

We’re looking at getting either a Samoyed or a Bernese Mountain Dog, and finding good breeders is hard.

So I eventually ended up getting my own Samoyed and it's been a hugely positive impact on my life.

Our samoyed is obsessed, if that is the right word, with being sociable - with people but also other dogs (and the occasional cat or cow).

We had a Samoyed who was completely uninterested in food.

> You can even try dog breeds like ‘hound,’ ‘poodle,’ or my favorite ‘samoyed.’ It pretty much just works.

I don't think I'd spend much time talking someone out of a samoyed unless they had a lot of visitors to their home.

I had a Samoyed when I was a child that knew Sunday.

My Samoyed absolutely loves salmon, but I'm pretty sure all dogs do.

One person I knew had a death in the family, next thing you know she's buying a Samoyed pup as a 'life affirming' thing.

After a few months I managed to find a place in the city and would ride the (pet-friendly) bus with my 90-pound samoyed, who despite usually being anxious in crowds took to it really well.

At the pixel level, images of two Samoyeds in different poses and in different environments may be very different from each other, whereas two images of a Samoyed and a wolf in the same position and on similar backgrounds may be very similar to each other.

Quote examples

In 'the dog is a Samoyed,' probably what is meant is that some dog is a Samoyed." What he's describing is equivocation.

Chapman's examples transcribed into term logic are "every Eggplant is a Fruit" and "some Dog is a Samoyed".

Proper noun examples

But what if you see a dog, and it’s obviously a Samoyed, but you don’t know its registry number?

Within the century experts had determined what the language actually was: a Samoyed-Lithuanian dialect of Guaraní, with inflections from classical Arabic.

Here in Scotland, I regularly meet a local gamekeeper who takes his 6 or 7 Labradors out for a walk - working dogs and extremely well behaved (unlike my unruly Samoyed!).