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retriever

noun
/ɹiˈtɹivəɹ/US

Etymology

From retrieve + -er.

  1. derived from *tropō✻
  2. derived from retrover
  3. suffixed as retriever — “retrieve + er”

Definitions

  1. One who retrieves something.

  2. A type of gun dog that retrieves game for a hunter.

  3. A tool for retrieving materials from the body after an operation.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for retriever. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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