source: By Paul de Vos - Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Bilddatenbank., Public Domain

a dog of a breed used for hunting, especially one able to track by scent.

猟犬(hunting dog) (!｟英｠ では主にfoxhound(キツネ狩り用の猟犬)をさす; → bloodhound, greyhound) ; ｟くだけて｠ (一般に)犬

with modifier a person who avidly pursues something:

｟俗｠ 熱中者, ファン

e.g. he has a reputation as a publicity hound.

informal, dated a despicable or contemptible man.

｟くだけて･やや古｠ 卑劣な男

used in names of dogfishes, e.g., nurse hound, smooth hound.

〘魚〙 ＝ dogfish

verb with object

harass, persecute, or pursue relentlessly:

(うるさく)〈人〉を追い回す, 追う, 追跡する(pursue); «…から» …を容赦なく追い出す(out) «of, from» ; «…で» (しつこく)…を責め立てる «with» ; 迫害する

e.g. his opponents used the allegations to hound him out of office

e.g. a tenacious attorney general who had hounded Jimmy Hoffa and other labor bosses

e.g. he led the race from start to finish but was hounded all the way by Phillips.

Old English hund (in the general sense ‘dog’), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch hond and German Hund, from an Indo-European root shared by Greek kuōn, kun- ‘dog’.