fetchers
Ones who retrieve
Fetchers is the plural of fetcher—one who fetches or retrieves something.
The word appears most often in computing, where a fetcher is a program or function that retrieves data: The API fetchers pull updates every five minutes.
Outside technical contexts, fetcher usually appears in compounds like wood-fetcher or water-fetcher, describing someone tasked with bringing supplies.
Dogs bred for returning
- gun dogsHunters' trained retrievers
- bird dogsHunting canines for fowl
- spanielsBreed of gentle, droopy-eared dogs
- pointersIndicators that guide
setters · goldens · waterfowl · flushing · tracking · field trials · hunters · gamebirds
Dogs bred for returning
- gettersOnes who obtain
- loadersTransfer agents for systems
- crawlersThose who move prone
- scrapersTools for stripping surfaces
pullers · downloaders · harvesters · collectors · gatherers · extractors · importers · parsers
Trained canines aiding disabilities
- guide dogsTrained mobility assistance canines
- therapy dogsTrained canines offering emotional aid
- helpersPeople who give aid
- retrieversDogs bred for returning
mobility · independence · support · companions · trained · handlers · harnesses · accessibility
retrievers
Dogs bred for returning
- gun dogsHunters' trained retrievers
- bird dogsHunting canines for fowl
- spanielsBreed of gentle, droopy-eared dogs
pointers · setters · goldens · waterfowl · flushing · tracking · field trials · hunters · gamebirds · duck hunting
retrievers
Dogs bred for returning
scrapers · pullers · downloaders · harvesters · collectors · gatherers · extractors · importers · parsers · handlers
service dogs
Trained canines aiding disabilities
- guide dogsTrained mobility assistance canines
- therapy dogsTrained canines offering emotional aid
- helpersPeople who give aid
retrievers · mobility · independence · support · companions · trained · handlers · harnesses · accessibility · aid
fetcherssenders
Those who transmit items
dispatchers · deliverers · shippers · forwarders · mailers
fetchersgivers
Those who donate
providers · suppliers · donors · surrenderers · abandoners
fetchersreceivers
Those who accept transmissions
recipients · waiters · requesters · demanders
- far fetchedUnconvincingly unlikely
- fetches and carriesDoes small tasks obediently
- fetched upReached a destination