noun

• A large dog of a German breed with powerful jaws and a smooth coat, typically black with tan markings.

  ‘She walked past cages holding dignified German shepherds, alert Dobermans, sleek Labradors and beautiful Golden Retrievers.’

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  • ‘The dog was one of strange markings, he had brown and black markings like a Doberman, but a white stomach and his muzzle and his neck had a golden color.’
  • ‘Canine guards like Dobermans and German Shepherds too may have to give up their role as protectors and just remain our pets.’
  • ‘The Doberman pinscher was bred by the Germans for protection; the Alaskan malamute was bred by the Eskimos to help them pull their sleds across the ice.’
  • ‘The German Shepherd will usually obey a command which the Doberman might refuse.’