Advertisement
Advertisement
forager
[ fawr-i-jer, for- ]
noun
- a person or animal who goes out in search of food or provisions of any kind:
The ants you see are the foragers, out looking for food and water, and they represent only a very small number of the total colony.
- someone who collects or obtains things through hunting or searching about:
We meet the protagonist struggling to make ends meet as a scrap-metal forager in a remote community.
Discover More
Word History and Origins
Origin of forager1
Discover More
Example Sentences
Roy Reehil, who runs The Forager Press, an internet publishing company, worries, too.
Cook, a forager himself, spent thousands of hours with his subjects, and the text betrays his attachment to them.
The forager encumbered with the weight of his plunder finally dropped it and made his escape.
Why take a capital comrade, a good cook and forager and story-teller, and make him uncomfortable by turning him into an officer?
Jeff was the best kind of a forager; he knew how to buy and he knew instinctively where to find things.
However, I was a very good forager and managed to have enough to eat most of the time.
This served also as the family forager for meat, and game, both feathered and "red skins."
Advertisement
Discover More
Related Words
Word of the Day
[in-vet-er-it ]
Meaning and examplesStart each day with the Word of the Day in your inbox!
By clicking "Sign Up", you are accepting Dictionary.com Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policies.
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Browse