What you should know: 1  Only one person from each professional specialty is permitted to join a chapter of BNI. 2  All participants should represent their primary occupation, not a part-time business. 3  Attendance is critical. 4  If you cannot attend a meeting, you may send a substitute. 5  This will not count as an absence.
Definition of hound for English Language Learners. : 1  a dog; especially : a type of dog that has a very good sense of smell and is trained to hunt. : 2  a person who is very determined to get something especially for a collection : a very enthusiastic collector.
In 14th-century England, hound (from Old English: hund) was the general word for all domestic canines, and dog referred to a subtype of hound, a group including the mastiff. It is believed this dog type was so common, it eventually became the prototype of the category hound. By the 16th century, dog had become the general word, and hound had begun to refer only to types used for hunting. The word hound is ultimately derived from the Proto-Indo-European word *kwon-, dog.