Retriever
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.
noun
1.
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
2.
any dog used to retrieve shot game
3.
a person or thing that retrieves
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