guide dog

noun

: a dog trained to lead people who are blind

Examples of guide dog in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Jackie Schiemann, who is nearly blind due to the disease achromatopsia, walks in Lake Michigan with her guide dog Tyrus at the Portage Lakefront and Riverwalk in Portage, Indiana, Friday, September 18, 2026. — Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 19 Sep. 2026

Salty Salty, another guide dog, took a different approach to save his owner, Omar Rivera. — Pat Mueller, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2026

Meanwhile, beneath Hingson’s desk, his guide dog, a yellow Labrador retriever named Roselle, was asleep. — Diane Herbst, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2026

Oleszko is one of two David Peter Francis artists in the current Whitney Biennial, which also includes Emilie Louise Gossiaux, whose contribution to the show is a group of drawings and a sculpture paying tribute to their late guide dog. — Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 18 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1932, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for guide dog

• analog
• analogue
• catalogue
• decalogue
• demagogue
• dialogue
• epilogue
• homologue
• monologue
• pedagogue
• synagogue
• tagalog

Kids Definition

guide dog

noun

: a dog trained to lead the blind