retriever

Definition of Retriever in English :

1. retriever

a dog with heavy water-resistant coat that can be trained to retrieve game

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Retriever

noun

1.

one of a breed of large gun dogs that can be trained to retrieve game

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

noun

1.

a person or thing that retrieves

2.

a dog trained to retrieve birds and some other small game, esp., any of several breeds of dog developed for this purpose

n.

One that retrieves, especially any one of several breeds of dog that were developed to retrieve game.