Synonyms for retriever
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : ri-tree-ver |
| Phonetic Transcription : rɪˈtri vər |
Top 10 synonyms for retriever Other synonyms for the word retriever
Définition of retriever
Origin :- "dog used for retrieving game," late 15c., agent noun from retrieve.
- As in hound : noun dog
- Have you ever seen a retriever dashing in play after a greyhound?
- Extract from : « The Good Soldier » by Ford Madox Ford
- Aye, but Bigot set her on him, like a retriever, to bring back the game!
- Extract from : « The Golden Dog » by William Kirby
- He was accompanied by the old dog, who was to act as retriever.
- Extract from : « Anecdotes of Dogs » by Edward Jesse
- A gamekeeper had a Newfoundland dog which he used as a retriever.
- Extract from : « Anecdotes of Dogs » by Edward Jesse
- He went about somewhat like a retriever snuffing the air for game.
- Extract from : « The Iron Horse » by R.M. Ballantyne
- I dived after it like a retriever puppy for a stone; but the bottle was gone!
- Extract from : « The Celebrity, Complete » by Winston Churchill
- The portrait was one of myself, and the dog a half-bred setter and retriever of my own.
- Extract from : « Animal Intelligence » by George J. Romanes
- His pointer dog and his retriever also slept in the same niche.
- Extract from : « Old Times on the Upper Mississippi » by George Byron Merrick
- But I once shot over a retriever which I could hardly wish not to have “run on shot.”
- Extract from : « Dog Breaking » by William Nelson Hutchinson
- Or if you would like a retriever, or one of old Dinah's pups.'
- Extract from : « At His Gates, Vol. 2(of 3) » by Margaret Oliphant
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