Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One who or that which fetches or brings.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun One who fetches or brings.

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  • noun A person or thing that fetches something

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Examples

  • In the past a 'fetcher' such as Waugh could make a tackle, get to his feet, and contest possession.

    NEWS.com.au | Top Stories 2010

  • In the past a 'fetcher' such as Waugh could make a tackle, get to his feet, and contest possession.

    NEWS.com.au | Top Stories 2010

  • Since an injury ruled loose forward and 'fetcher' Heinrich Brussouw out of Bok consideration for this year, the back-row choices of De Villiers have almost inevitably sparked an outcry.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2010

  • White was trying to convince us that a "fetcher" flank was an unnecessary adjunct in the modern game, and the performance of the French back row that day helped convince him otherwise.

    Mail & Guardian Online 2010

  • One more story about my black Lab, Sydney, the newspaper fetcher.

    The Most Unbelievable Retrieve I've Ever Seen 2010

  • One more story about my black Lab, Sydney, the newspaper fetcher.

    The Most Unbelievable Retrieve I've Ever Seen 2010

  • There was less to fear from the “indefatigable,” a young man just come out or an old beau who danced indiscriminately with any and all women, and the “indispensable,” the anxious fetcher and carrier of wraps, gloves, lemonade, fans and ices, but a young lady was introduced to as many approved and eligible men as quickly as possible.

    La Jeune fille à marier | Edwardian Promenade 2009

  • So while I'm not in school I spend my time, like the rest of the jobless folks in Los Angeles, sweeping the city streets for signs of waitressing jobs, barista positions, booze running girl spots in nightclubs and larger size fetcher gigs in retail stores.

    Jennifer Ketcham: To the Courageously Unemployed 2010

  • So while I'm not in school I spend my time, like the rest of the jobless folks in Los Angeles, sweeping the city streets for signs of waitressing jobs, barista positions, booze running girl spots in nightclubs and larger size fetcher gigs in retail stores.

    Jennifer Ketcham: To the Courageously Unemployed 2010

  • She calls the 13-year-old Portuguese water dog "a world-class fetcher of tennis balls and a meeter and greeter of presidents, senators, congressmen and even foreign dignitaries."

    Ted Kennedy's Dog Dies AP 2010

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