golden retriever
Americannoun
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golden retrievers
plural
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of golden retriever
First recorded in 1915–20
Example Sentences
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Usually Nash, their friendly golden retriever, jumps and barks at new visitors, Rowley said, but once they get inside, “he just thinks it’s time to play.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
The event will mark 160 years since the first golden retriever puppies were born at Guisachan House in Glen Affric, near Cannich, in the Highlands.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
While I’d sooner take life advice from my golden retriever than a chatbot, my parents aligned with their contemporaries in treating Claude as a Google substitute.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
In the photos released on social media on Sunday, she is also joined by her parents, Carole and Michael Middleton, her brother James, and a golden retriever.
From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026
Bieber is a golden retriever, and he has these big, brown, kind of manic eyes.
From "Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda" by Becky Albertalli
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