newfoundland Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a breed of very large heavy dogs with a thick coarse usually black coat; highly intelligent dogs and vigorous swimmers; developed in Newfoundland
    Newfoundland dog.
  2. noun an island in the north Atlantic

WordNet

New"found*land` noun
Definitions
  1. An island on the coast of British North America, famed for the fishing grounds in its vicinity.
  2. A Newfoundland dog. Tennyson.

Webster 1913