Definition of Retrievers

1. Noun. (plural of retriever) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Retrievers

1. retriever [n] - See also: retriever

Lexicographical Neighbors of Retrievers

retributivism
retributivist
retributivists
retributory
retried
retries
retrievability
retrievable
retrieval
retrievals
retrieve
retrieved
retrievement
retrievements
retriever
retrievers (current term)
retrieves
retrieving
retrig
retrigged
retrigger
retriggered
retriggering
retriggers
retrigging
retrigs
retrim
retriment
retriments
retrimmed

Literary usage of Retrievers

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A History and Description of the Modern Dogs of Great Britain and Ireland by Rawdon Briggs Lee (1897)
"THE retrievers. OUR retrievers were produced when the British sportsman found out that it was not good for his pointer or setter to fetch his game, ..."

2. The Gentleman's Magazine (1871)
"DUCK-SHOOTING AND retrievers. BY "BLACK MOSS." OR many years of my life I lived close to the sea, near an estuary frequented by ducks of all kinds ; during ..."

3. The Badminton Magazine of Sports & Pastimes edited by Alfred Edward Thomas Watson (1901)
"FIELD TRIALS FOR retrievers AND SPANIELS BY LEO PARSEY FROM a shooting man's point of view the utility of field trials for retrievers and spaniels is open ..."

4. Shooting, Yachting, and Sea-fishing Trips, at Home and on the Continent by Lewis Clements (1877)
"A WORD ABOUT retrievers. I HAVE often wondered at our great want of originality. We are perpetually trying to imitate others, just as if we could not choose ..."

5. The Dead Shot: Or, Sportman's Complete Guide : Being a Treatise on the Use by Marksman (1863)
"retrievers. retrievers are most useful and valuable dogs to the sportsman. In almost every department connected with the sport of shooting, the services of ..."

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