"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 , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-retriever.wav Forms: retrievers [plural]
Rhymes: -iːvə(ɹ) Etymology: From retrieve + -er. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|retrieve|er}} retrieve + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} retriever (plural retrievers)
  1. One who retrieves something.
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  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: 36 57 7 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: Flat-coated Retriever, Golden Retriever, Labrador retriever, Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever

Inflected forms

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