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Meaning of RETRIEVER

Pronunciation:  ri'treevur

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 Definition: [n]  a dog with heavy water-resistant coat that can be trained to retrieve game
 
 See Also: Chesapeake Bay retriever, curly-coated retriever, flat-coated retriever, golden retriever, gun dog, Labrador retriever, sporting dog

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\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.

 

 

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