: any of a Swiss alpine breed of tall powerful working dogs used especially formerly in aiding lost travelers
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Recent Examples on the WebDecades after his son’s death and a divorce results from an incident involving a rabid Saint Bernard, Vic Trenton is retired and living at a friend’s mansion in the Florida Keys when a meeting with a neighbor leads to unwanted visits from youthful specters.—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 21 May 2024 As the author waited for his motorcycle to get fixed, a Saint Bernard lunged at him, leading him to write of a mother and son who are being stalked by their own rabid dog.—Carly Tagen-Dye, Peoplemag, 5 Apr. 2024 The University of Wisconsin goaltender's name naturally fit with the rabid Saint Bernard popularized in a Stephen King novel.—Journal Sentinel, 27 Jan. 2024 These walking barrels grow up to four feet long and can weigh as much as a Saint Bernard dog.—Katie Liu, Discover Magazine, 22 Nov. 2023 Politics in this town of about 63,000, once a bastion for Republican moderates, have gotten complicated in recent years, with Trumpian Republicanism emerging like a wet Saint Bernard galumphing through a staid garden party.—Dan Barry, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2023 In her previous home (shown here), that task involved choosing furnishings and surfaces to accommodate a pack: Haddock, a Brussels griffon; Winnie Cooper, a Great Dane; and Clyde, a Great Dane and Saint Bernard mix.—Kit Selzer, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Aug. 2023 The female Saint Bernard held the record for five years, and died in November 2021.—Jack Guy, CNN, 6 June 2023 The Ritz-Carlton, Bachelor Gulch (Beaver Creek, Colorado) Bachelor, a Saint Bernard, and Scout, a Bernese mountain dog run the show at this giant log cabin resort etched into the mountains near Vail.—Krista Simmons, Sunset Magazine, 18 May 2023
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Etymology
the hospice of Grand St. Bernard, where such dogs were first bred
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