dogcatcher
(US, Canada) A person whose job is to catch and remove stray dogs.
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(US, Canada) A person whose job is to catch and remove stray dogs.
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- dog warden73%
The official UK, Irish, and Hong Kong term for the person whose job is to enforce local laws on stray and loose dogs — catching strays, investigating complaints about dogs at large, and impounding animals not under proper control. While Americans call this person a dogcatcher (usually with a comic or slightly bureaucratic flavour), dog warden has a more formal, authoritative ring in British usage — these are often local council employees with actual enforcement powers. They're the ones you call when a stray terrier has been living behind the chip shop for a week.
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(US) A hunting dog, especially in boar-hunting, trained to latch onto the quarry.
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(UK, Ireland, Hong Kong) A dogcatcher.
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One who catches rats; particularly one who does so professionally.
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(AU, uncountable) The job of killing wild dogs and dingos in a rural area.