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retriever

/ɹiˈtɹivəɹ/

retriever noun: one who retrieves something.

Noun

retriever (plural retrievers)

  1. One who retrieves something.
  2. Any of several breeds of gun dog that retrieve game for a hunter; an individual of such a breed.
  3. A tool for retrieving materials from the body after an operation.

retriever meaning in Malayalam, Punjabi, Gujarati and Malay

retriever in Malayalam

റിട്രീവർ

retriever in Punjabi

ਰੀਟ੍ਰੀਵਰ

retriever in Gujarati

રીટ્રીવર

retriever in Malay

a type of dog
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Examples of retriever in a sentence

  • The majority were male, with breeds including basenji, boerboel, German shepherd, labrador retriever, local, maltese and pitbull.
  • And there's no shortage of golden retriever boyfriends, or GRBs, in pop culture.
  • They often create TikToks joking they hate the stereotype and then share their golden retriever boyfriend.

All 19 example sentences with retriever

Forms of retriever

pluralretrievers

Plural of retriever: retrievers

Origin of retriever

From retrieve + -er.

Words formed from retriever

Phrases with retriever

Words that rhyme with retriever

6 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about retriever

What does retriever mean?
Retriever means one who retrieves something.
What is retriever in Malayalam?
Retriever in Malayalam is റിട്രീവർ. See Retriever meaning in Malayalam.
What part of speech is retriever?
Retriever is a noun.
How do you pronounce retriever?
Retriever is pronounced /ɹiˈtɹivəɹ/ (US).
What is the plural of retriever?
The plural of retriever is retrievers.

Words near retriever in the dictionary

  1. retrieve
  2. retrieved
  3. retrieveless
  4. retrievement
  5. retrievements
  6. retriever
  7. retrieverish
  8. retrievers
  9. retrieves
  10. retrievest
  11. retrieveth

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Adapted from Wiktionary: retriever (page history and authors); retriever (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); retriever (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); retriever (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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