Definition of bullmastiff
: any of a breed of large powerful dogs developed in England by crossing bulldogs with mastiffs
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The dog, described as a bullmastiff-pit bull cross, growled and barked at the officers, police said.
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From chihuahuas training to be service dogs to bullmastiffs learning how to stand in the show ring, canines come to the club’s weekly training sessions at the Santa Clara County Fairgrounds.
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Truman is an elderly bullmastiff with a mind of its own that Julian, with his son at university, considers his second child.
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First Known Use of bullmastiff
1830
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