German shepherd
noun/ˌdʒɜːmən ˈʃepəd/
/ˌdʒɜːrmən ˈʃepərd/
(British English also Alsatian)
- a large dog, often trained to help the police, to guard buildings or (especially in the US) to help blind people find their wayTopics Animalsc2
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