Malinois

noun

Ma·​li·​nois ˌma-lən-ˈwä How to pronounce Malinois (audio)
plural Malinois

Examples of Malinois in a Sentence

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The Belgian Malinois died on Wednesday, Feb. 12, according to a joint Instagram post shared by police dog equipment supplier Ray Allen Manufacturing and K9 Hurricane’s Heroes, a non-profit founded and run by the late dog’s longtime handler, Marshall Mirarchi. Bailey Richards, People.com, 19 Feb. 2025 The man was about halfway across the North Lawn when he was met by another Secret Service dog, Jordan, a Belgian Malinois with a tan coat and a brown snout. Tim Balk, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2025 The owners of canine sisters Jazz and Zoey unknowingly reunited the Siberian husky/Belgian Malinois mixes after the siblings spent two and half years apart. Charna Flam, People.com, 31 Dec. 2024 Sully—Belgian Malinois Mix This 1-year-old Malinois mix has been at Ontario's Peterborough Humane Society since July 2024. Stephan Pechdimaldji, Newsweek, 15 Dec. 2024 Three Labradors, one German shepherd, one Belgian Malinois, and one Malinois-shepherd mix work for the sheriff’s office. Thomas Goodwin Smith, Baltimore Sun, 5 July 2024 Norman Reedus and his Walking Dead costars are remembering Seven, the Belgian Malinois who played Dog on the hit AMC series. Stephanie Wenger, Peoplemag, 14 June 2024 Reaver said the kennel was responsible for Cairo, the 70-pound Belgian Malinois that accompanied the U.S. Navy SEAL raid that killed killed Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in 2011. Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2024 The pair also now have a 4-month-old Belgian Malinois puppy and recently took a cross-country road trip from Los Angeles to New York, with a stop-off in Texas to visit Majors’ mother, Terri, PEOPLE confirmed last month. Jen Juneau, Peoplemag, 4 Mar. 2024

Word History

Etymology

French, one from Malines, from Malines (Mechelen), Belgium

First Known Use

1929, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of Malinois was in 1929

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“Malinois.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Malinois. Accessed 27 Feb. 2025.

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