Usually means: Small, affectionate, Chinese-origin dog breed.
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We found 18 dictionaries that define the word pekinese:

General (16 matching dictionaries)
  1. pekinese: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. Pekinese: Merriam-Webster
  3. Pekinese: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. Pekinese: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Pekinese: Vocabulary.com
  6. Pekinese, pekinese: Wordnik
  7. pekinese: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. Pekinese: Wiktionary
  9. pekinese: Dictionary.com
  10. Pekinese: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. Pekinese: Rhymezone
  12. pekinese: FreeDictionary.org
  13. pekinese: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. Pekinese: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Pekinese: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Pekinese: Medical dictionary

(Note: See pekingese as well.)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Pekinese)

▸ noun:  Alternative form of Pekingese [The Beijing dialect of Chinese, as distinct from standardized Mandarin.]
▸ adjective:  Alternative form of Pekingese [of or related to Beijing, the capital of the People's Republic of China]

Similar:
Peke, Rhodesian, Pomeranian, Maltese, pinscher, cattish, Chihuahua, briard, Yorkie, poodle, more...

Adjectives:
little, white, small, modern, pampered, black, pure, eyed, decent, pedigreed, dollar

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Similar:
Peke, Rhodesian, Pomeranian, Maltese, pinscher, cattish, Chihuahua, briard, Yorkie, poodle, more...

Adjectives:
little, white, small, modern, pampered, black, pure, eyed, decent, pedigreed, dollar



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