retriever: Meaning and Definition of

re•triev•er

Pronunciation: (ri-trē'vur), [key]
— n.
  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.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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