gatherer

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gatherer

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From Middle English gaderere, gaderare, equivalent to gather + -er.

noun gatherers

  1. A person who gathers things.
  2. A person who primarily gathers in a hunter-gatherer social system.
  3. A person who collects rent or taxes.
  4. An attachment to a sewing machine for making gathers in the cloth.
  5. A worker who collects molten glass on the end of a rod preparatory to blowing.

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noun person who gathers things

Españolrecolector
Portuguêscoletor
Françaiscueilleur, glaneur, glaneuse, ramasseur, ramasseuse
DeutschSammler
Italianocoglitore
Românăadunător
Русскийсобира́тель sobirátelʹ, собира́тельница sobirátelʹnica
العربيةجَانٍ jānin

noun person who collects rent or taxes

Portuguêscoletor
Русскийсбо́рщик sbórščik, сбо́рщица sbórščica

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@misc{gatherer_2026,
  title = {gatherer},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/gatherer},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}