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master dog Arctic, Obs. 
in a dog team, the dog, sometimes a female, who leads the team, setting the pace and carrying out the driver's commands. See pictures at fan hitch and tandem hitch.
See also: fan hitch leader (def. 2) tandem hitch
- 1854 (1892) Tudla, our master dog, was already hors de combat; he had been tossed twice.
- 1854 (1892) Tudla, our master dog, was already hors de combat; he had been tossed twice.