retriever

[ ri-tree-ver ]

/ rɪˈtri vər /

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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.

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Origin of retriever

First recorded in 1480–90; retrieve + -er¹

Words nearby retriever

retribution, retributive, retributivism, retrieval, retrieve, retriever, retro, retroact, retroaction, retroactive, retroactive inhibition

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How to use retriever in a sentence

On Wednesday, he clutched legal documents as he strode up to a television screen that showed his son at a child victim resource center, sitting at a table with a golden retriever by his side.
A boy is the sole survivor of a family massacre. His dad, the suspect, was allowed to question him in court.|Julian Mark|June 17, 2021|Washington Post
Golden retrievers bounded across one of the many grand lawns, lap dog-types circled their owners with urgency, long-haired varieties panted, tongues out, in the shade.
I Went to the Westminster Dog Show and All I Got Was This Lousy Positive View of Humanity|Elijah Wolfson|June 14, 2021|Time
The retriever will in turn hand off samples to a cargo spacecraft in orbit over Mars.
NASA rover Perseverance lands on Mars in mission to search for past life|Joel Achenbach, Sarah Kaplan, Ben Guarino|February 18, 2021|Washington Post
Blaze the Labrador retriever has been training in Pennsylvania to detect the presence of coronavirus on humans.
Zoom dates? Election nights? Sourdough? Nope. Dogs are the heroes of this pandemic.|Petula Dvorak|January 25, 2021|Washington Post

Google’s indexing power is what catapulted them to be the primary retriever of all web knowledge.
What the commoditization of search engine technology with GPT-3 means for Google and SEO|Manick Bhan|August 21, 2020|Search Engine Watch
Twice in the past two weeks, this has entailed meeting a plane on the runway to retriever sick passengers who may be infected.
Ebola Panic Is Worse Than the Disease|Abby Haglage|October 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The 15-part show was due to begin on March 3, with Peaches paring up with her Golden Retriever, Parper.
Peaches Geldof, Daughter of Rock Star Bob Geldof, Dies at 25|Nico Hines, Tom Sykes|April 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Is your golden retriever on par with others, or could he stand to run a bit more?
Fitness Gadgets … for Your Dog|Megan Humphreys|February 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
When his 14-year-old golden retriever dies, Peter Els calls 911.
The Bioterrorist Who Loved Mahler|Ron Hogan|January 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He resided in Santa Barbara, Calif., with his golden retriever dogs and surfed in his spare time.
Actor Paul Walker, Star of ‘The Fast and the Furious’ Films, Dies In Car Crash|Marlow Stern|December 1, 2013|DAILY BEAST
That "Frenchmen," alias red-legged partridges, shall be shot on sight, and given to the retriever to eat.
Mr. Punch's History of Modern England Vol. IV of IV.|Charles L. Graves
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.
On Board the Esmeralda|John Conroy Hutcheson
The dog, although a large and powerful retriever, whimpered, trembled and crawled 90 up close.
Two Little Savages|Ernest Thompson Seton
That's the dog I was going to run in the retriever trials, too.
Mr. Punch With Rod and Gun|Various
A spaniel or retriever will generally rout out the fugitive.
The Art and Practice of Hawking|Edward B. Michell

British Dictionary definitions for retriever

retriever

/ (rɪˈtriːvə) /

noun

one of a breed of large gun dogs that can be trained to retrieve gameSee 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

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