golden retriever

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   an English breed having a long silky golden coat

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Questions about golden retriever

What does golden retriever mean?

golden retriever means "an English breed having a long silky golden coat".

Is golden retriever a common word?

golden retriever is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.