From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishrottweilerrott‧wei‧ler /ˈrɒtvaɪlə, -waɪlə $ ˈrɑːtwaɪlər/ noun [countable] HBAa type of strong and dangerous dog, often used as a guard dog
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rottweiler• From the sideline it looked like a rottweiler up against a chihuahua.• At the front of the mourners is a fella with a huge rottweiler.• Most of it, but not rottweilers, winebars, racists or homophobes.• Even the rottweiler could be sleeping.• The only people who drive luxury saloons in East Oxford are drug dealers who do karate with their rottweilers to relax.• Martin and his three rottweilers lived in the middle of this chaos.Origin Rottweiler (1900-2000) German Rottweil town in southwest Germany 