retriever

noun

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

One who retrieves or recovers.

Specifically, a dog trained to seek and bring to hand game which a sportsman has shot, or a dog that takes readily to this kind of work.

One who retrieves.

A dor, or a breed of dogs, chiefly employed to retrieve, or to find and recover game birds that have been killed or wounded.