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gatherer

The English word “gatherer” has 5 meanings listed here.

noun

  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.

Etymology

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

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