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teddy roosevelt terrier

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.08 in modern English

Syllables
ted-dy roo-sevelt ter-ri-er
IPA
29
Scrabble Score
21
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A small to medium-sized American hunting terrier.

Etymology

When the types of Rat Terrier were separated by the Rat Terrier Club of America, the short-legged variety was named in honor of Theodore “Teddy” Roosevelt (1858–1919), although he never owned Rat Terriers nor was he instrumental in developing the Teddy Roosevelt Terrier. The dog most attributed to being one of the foundations for the Rat Terriers was a black-and-tan, mixed-breed, feist-type dog owned by the Roosevelts.

Inflected Forms

Teddy Roosevelt Terriers (plural)

Questions

What does teddy roosevelt terrier mean?
A small to medium-sized American hunting terrier.
Where does teddy roosevelt terrier come from?
When the types of Rat Terrier were separated by the Rat Terrier Club of America, the short-legged variety was named in honor of Theodore “Teddy” Roosevelt (1858–1919), although he never owned Rat Terriers nor was he instrumental in developing the Teddy Roosevelt Terrier. The dog most attributed to being one of the foundations for the Rat Terriers was a black-and-tan, mixed-breed, feist-type dog owned by the Roosevelts.

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