foxhound
noun
fox·hound ˈfäks-ˌhau̇nd 
: any of various large swift powerful hounds of great endurance used in hunting foxes and developed to form several breeds and many distinctive strains
compare american foxhound, english foxhound
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In Great Britain, foxhounds are legally barred from chasing foxes. —
John Seabrook, New Yorker, 16 Mar. 2026 The runners-up from those shows — George, an American foxhound, and a Gordon setter named River — also are due at Westminster. —Jennifer Peltz, Chicago Tribune, 1 Feb. 2026 Guy Avis of Dean in Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, was participating in the Heythrop Hunt foxhound event with nearly 100 other riders near Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire, at the time of the incident, per BBC. —Angel Saunders, People.com, 22 Aug. 2025 As a Treeing Walker Coonhound and foxhound mix, Carrot can't keep her paws on the ground. —Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Apr. 2025 Breed clubs created prescriptive standards that specified exactly how the perfect pointer (or bulldog or foxhound) should look. —Emily Anthes, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2025 Since 2015, the family has fostered almost 35 dogs from the Richmond Animal League, and the newest addition to their family is beagle foxhound mix, Roscoe. —Gord Magill, Newsweek, 22 Dec. 2024 Virginia Virginia doesn't have an official state mammal, but its state bat is the Virginia Big-eared bat and its state dog is the American foxhound. —Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 8 Apr. 2023
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John Seabrook, New Yorker, 16 Mar. 2026 The runners-up from those shows — George, an American foxhound, and a Gordon setter named River — also are due at Westminster. —Jennifer Peltz, Chicago Tribune, 1 Feb. 2026 Guy Avis of Dean in Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, was participating in the Heythrop Hunt foxhound event with nearly 100 other riders near Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire, at the time of the incident, per BBC. —Angel Saunders, People.com, 22 Aug. 2025 As a Treeing Walker Coonhound and foxhound mix, Carrot can't keep her paws on the ground. —Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Apr. 2025 Breed clubs created prescriptive standards that specified exactly how the perfect pointer (or bulldog or foxhound) should look. —Emily Anthes, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2025 Since 2015, the family has fostered almost 35 dogs from the Richmond Animal League, and the newest addition to their family is beagle foxhound mix, Roscoe. —Gord Magill, Newsweek, 22 Dec. 2024 Virginia Virginia doesn't have an official state mammal, but its state bat is the Virginia Big-eared bat and its state dog is the American foxhound. —Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 8 Apr. 2023
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foxhound
noun
fox·hound -ˌhau̇nd
: a large swift powerful hound of any of several breeds often trained to hunt foxes
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