Seeing Eye dog

[ see-ing ahy dawg, dog ]

noun

1. a dog that has been specially trained to assist a blind or visually impaired person.

seeing-eye dog

noun

1. the US name for guide dog

Word History and Origins

Origin of Seeing Eye dog¹

First recorded in 1925–30; from Seeing Eye, a trademark of The Seeing Eye, Inc.

Example Sentences

I could go blind, and then I’d have to work on my Lego airport purely by sense of touch and go to school with a Seeing Eye dog.

From Literature

It hardly seemed fair, because, unlike a horse or a Seeing Eye dog, the whole glory of being a bird is that nobody would ever put you to work.

From Literature

Maxine the Seeing Eye dog joined me for my last year at Lewis & Clark College and all three at Harvard Law.

From Washington Post

A few years ago, Dominguez was driving a northbound A train into the 125th Street station when he saw a blind man and his Seeing Eye dog sprawled on the tracks.

From The New Yorker

But Mr. Bannon has served as a kind of Seeing Eye dog for the president.

From New York Times