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retriever

[ ri-tree-ver ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a person or thing that retrieves.
one of any of several breeds of dogs having a coarse, thick, oily coat, trained to retrieve game.
any dog trained to retrieve game.

retriever

/ rɪˈtriːvə /

one of a breed of large gun dogs that can be trained to retrieve game See golden retriever Labrador retriever Chesapeake Bay retriever curly-coated retriever flat-coated retriever
any dog used to retrieve shot game
a person or thing that retrieves

First recorded in 1480–90; retrieve + -er ¹

Twice in the past two weeks, this has entailed meeting a plane on the runway to retriever sick passengers who may be infected.

The 15-part show was due to begin on March 3, with Peaches paring up with her Golden Retriever, Parper.

Is your golden retriever on par with others, or could he stand to run a bit more?

When his 14-year-old golden retriever dies, Peter Els calls 911.

He resided in Santa Barbara, Calif., with his golden retriever dogs and surfed in his spare time.

That "Frenchmen," alias red-legged partridges, shall be shot on sight, and given to the retriever to eat.

He had much more serious matter on hand to take notice of it, beyond giving himself a shake like a retriever fresh from a dip.

The dog, although a large and powerful retriever, whimpered, trembled and crawled 90 up close.

That's the dog I was going to run in the retriever trials, too.

A spaniel or retriever will generally rout out the fugitive.

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