RETRIEVER

retriever

(noun) a dog with heavy water-resistant coat that can be trained to retrieve game

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

retriever (plural retrievers)

One who retrieves something.

A type of gun dog that retrieves game for a hunter.

(surgery) A tool for retrieving materials from the body after an operation.

Source: Wiktionary


Re*triev"er, n.

1. One who retrieves.

2. (Zoöl.)

Definition: A dor, or a breed of dogs, chiefly employed to retrieve, or to find and recover game birds that have been killed or wounded.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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