Belgian Malinois

noun

Belgian Ma·​li·​nois -ˌma-lən-ˈwä How to pronounce Belgian Malinois (audio)
plural Belgian Malinois
: any of a breed of working dogs closely related to the Belgian sheepdog and having relatively short straight fawn or reddish-brown hair with black tips and a dense undercoat

called also Malinois

Examples of Belgian Malinois in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The situation grew more fraught after Deputy Jeremy Banks arrived with his dog, a Belgian Malinois named Bubo, whose furious barking added to the confusion. Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Mar. 2024 Ray McCarty’s Belgian Malinois, Phoenix, also has a passion for the competition. Brent Frazee, Kansas City Star, 31 Jan. 2024 In April, the AKC announced that the breed would be eligible to compete in the 2024 Herding Group, a category that includes the Australian cattle dog, border collie and Belgian Malinois. Ben Brasch, Washington Post, 3 Jan. 2024 January's model, posed in the snow, is a Belgian Malinois named Gini-Gina out of New York City's LaGuardia Airport (LGA). Marisa Sullivan, Peoplemag, 28 Nov. 2023 Border Patrol deployed a 4-year-old Belgian Malinois male named Yoda. Ray Sanchez, CNN, 16 Sep. 2023 That's when Yoda, a 4-year-old Belgian Malinois BORTAC K9, bit Cavalcante on the crown of the head and a lower extremity. Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 14 Sep. 2023 Yoda, a 4-year-old Belgian Malinois from a U.S. Customs and Border Protection team from El Paso, Texas, was sent in and helped detain Cavalcante, biting him at least once. Morgan Winsor, ABC News, 14 Sep. 2023 The dog was none other than Yoda, a 4-year-old Belgian Malinois, who had originally been part of the BORTAC K9 unit with the U.S. Border and Customs Patrol in El Paso, Texas, according to The Philadelphia Inquirer. Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 14 Sep. 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

1963, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of Belgian Malinois was in 1963

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“Belgian Malinois.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Belgian%20Malinois. Accessed 28 Mar. 2024.

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