bloodhound

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Etymology

Inherited from Middle English blodhound, blodhond; equivalent to blood +‎ hound. Cognate with Dutch bloedhond (“bloodhound”), Middle Low German blōthunt (“bloodhound”), German Bluthund (“bloodhound”), Danish blodhund (“bloodhound”), Swedish blodhund (“bloodhound”). The detective sense follows from the dog's ability to follow a trail.

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Noun

bloodhound (plural bloodhounds)

  1. A large scenthound famed for its ability to follow a scent many days old, over vast distances. This dog is often used as a police dog to track missing people, fleeing suspects, or escaped prisoners.
    • 2007, Xavier: Renegade Angel, season 1, episode 4, spoken by Police Officer:
      Someone stole our bloodhounds, but we got the backup bloodhounds to chase the first tier of bloodhounds.
  2. (figurative, informal) A detective or other person skilled at finding people or clues.
  3. (archaic) A bloodthirsty person.
    • 1817 December, Percy Bysshe Shelley, “The Revolt of Islam. ”, in Shelley, editor, The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley. , volume I, London: Edward Moxon , published 1839, →OCLC, page 263:
      For now the despot’s blood-hounds with their prey,
      Unarmed and unaware, were gorging deep
      Their gluttony of death; the loose array
      Of horsemen o’er the wide fields murdering sweep,
      And with loud laughter for their tyrant reap
      A harvest sown with other hopes; […]

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