"retriever" meaning in English

See retriever in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ɹiˈtɹivəɹ/ [General-American], /ɹɪ-/ [General-American], /ɹə-/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-retriever.wav [Southern-England], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-retriever.wav [US] Forms: retrievers [plural]
Rhymes: -iːvə(ɹ) Etymology: retrieve + -er Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|retrieve|er}} retrieve + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} retriever (plural retrievers)
  1. One who retrieves something.
    Sense id: en-retriever-en-noun-cAxTvq8P
  2. A type of gun dog that retrieves game for a hunter. Categories (lifeform): Retrievers Translations (a type of dog): retrívr [masculine] (Czech), retriever [masculine] (Dutch), noutaja (Finnish), Retriever (German), Apportierhunde (German), ретривер (retriver) [masculine] (Macedonian), anjing pengutip (Malay), łééchąąʼí bił nidaʼazheehígíí (Navajo), Steewelhunt [masculine] (Plautdietsch), aporter [masculine] (Polish), cobrador (Spanish), retriever [common-gender] (Swedish), adargi [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-retriever-en-noun-2gox~7qG Disambiguation of Retrievers: 12 83 5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -er Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 68 8 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 22 59 19 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er: 23 64 12 Disambiguation of 'a type of dog': 0 100 0
  3. (surgery) A tool for retrieving materials from the body after an operation. Categories (topical): Surgery
    Sense id: en-retriever-en-noun-Uy4nZC3c Topics: medicine, sciences, surgery
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Golden Retriever, Labrador retriever

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for retriever meaning in English (4.7kB)

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