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Labrador retriever

noun

  1. one of a breed of retrievers having a short, thick, oily, solid black or yellow coat, raised originally in Newfoundland.


Labrador retriever

noun

  1. a powerfully-built variety of retriever with a short dense usually black or golden-brown coat Often shortened toLabradorinformallab
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Labrador retriever1

First recorded in 1905–10

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