GLEANER
Dictionary entry overview: What does gleaner mean? • GLEANER (noun)
The noun GLEANER has 2 senses:
1. someone who picks up grain left in the field by the harvesters
2. someone who gathers something in small pieces (e.g. information) slowly and carefully
Familiarity information: GLEANER used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• GLEANER (noun)
Meaning:
Someone who picks up grain left in the field by the harvesters
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("gleaner" is a kind of...):
farm worker; farmhand; field hand; fieldhand (a hired hand on a farm)
Meaning:
Someone who gathers something in small pieces (e.g. information) slowly and carefully
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("gleaner" is a kind of...):
accumulator; collector; gatherer (a person who is employed to collect payments (as for rent or taxes))
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