dogcatcher

English

Alternative forms

• dog-catcher

Etymology

From dog +‎ catcher.

Noun

dogcatcher (plural dogcatchers)

1. A person whose job is to catch and remove stray dogs.

   Synonyms: animal control officer, dog warden

   • 2007, Robert Ludlum, The Bancroft Strategy, page 348:

     Men like him couldn't get elected dogcatcher. He was a natural lieutenant, not a leader, and it was a fact he accepted with neither bitterness nor regret.

Derived terms

• dogcatching
• could not get elected dogcatcher

Translations

catcher of stray dogs

• Esperanto: hundokaptisto
• Finnish: rankkuri (fi)
• German: Hundefänger (de) m
• Greek: μπόγιας (el) m (bógias)
• Hungarian: gyepmester (hu), sintér (hu)
• Italian: accalappiacani (it) m
• Macedonian: шинтер m (šinter)
• Navajo: łééchąąʼí náyiiláhí
• Romanian: hingher (ro) m
• Russian: соба́чник (ru) m (sobáčnik)
• Spanish: perrero (es) m
• Yiddish: הינטשלעגער m (hintshleger)

See also

• dog pound