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retriever - 3 dictionary results

re⋅triev⋅er

[ri-tree-ver]
–noun
1. a person or thing that retrieves.
2. one of any of several breeds of dogs having a coarse, thick, oily coat, trained to retrieve game.
3. any dog trained to retrieve game.

Origin:
1480–90; retrieve + -er 1
re·triev·er   (rĭ-trē'vər)   
n.  One that retrieves, especially any one of several breeds of dog that were developed and trained to retrieve game.

Retriever

Re*triev"er\, n. 1. One who retrieves.

2. (Zo["o]l.) A dor, or a breed of dogs, chiefly employed to retrieve, or to find and recover game birds that have been killed or wounded.
Language Translation for : retriever
Spanish: perro cobrador, perdiguero,
German: der Apportierhund,
Japanese: 猟犬
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