noun. A powerful dog, often a mastiff or part mastiff, bred to be a watchdog and traditionally kept chained.

noun. A large, fierce kind of dog, in England generally a mastiff, usually kept chained.

noun. A mastiff or other large and fierce dog, usually kept chained or tied up.

noun. A dog that has been tied up; a mastiff or other kind of guard dog.

noun. Specifically, a type of large, ferocious dog bred by crossing American pit bull terriers with Neapolitan mastiffs.

noun. A bailiff or prison guard.

"The camp and all Christendom shall see that I know how to right myself, and whether I yield ground one inch to the English bandog. —"

Cerberus  Seeing Eye dog  bitch  bowwow  canine