forager

[ fawr-i-jer, for- ]

/ ˈfɔr ɪ dʒər, ˈfɒr- /

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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.

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Origin of forager

First recorded in 1350–1400, for an earlier sense; forag(e) + -er¹

How to use forager in a sentence

In California, tourists have been pitted against career foragers, causing problems for wild mushrooms and abalone.
The Foraging Wars: Extreme Eating Hits California|Debra A. Klein|January 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Even so, Farcau points not only to weekend warriors but also commercial foragers who contribute to the problem.
The Foraging Wars: Extreme Eating Hits California|Debra A. Klein|January 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Like storm chasers, Alaskan crabbers, and catfish noodlers, foragers come with their own sets of customs and rules.
This Week’s Hot Reads: Sept. 2, 2013|Damaris Colhoun|September 2, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Chronicling the fungus foragers who count posh New York restaurants as their clients.
This Week’s Hot Reads: Sept. 2, 2013|Damaris Colhoun|September 2, 2013|DAILY BEAST

Morel Mushroom Toasts by Alice Waters The official mushroom of Minnesota, the morel is a particular spring prize for foragers.
5 Recipes for Foraged Foods|Cookstr.com|April 20, 2010|DAILY BEAST
The foragers had hoops, also, but they were to throw down theirs, and to make their escape at the signal agreed on.
Digby Heathcote|W.H.G. Kingston
They despatch by the sound of the gong the foragers for grass, and insure expedition and security by rewards and punishments.
The Geography of Strabo, Volume III (of 3)|Strabo
For a moment he thought of turning off through the woods and giving these night foragers a wide berth.
The Backwoodsmen|Charles G. D. Roberts
It was lucky for us that the foragers were well loaded up with spoil and their movements and aim thus impeded.
In Hostile Red|Joseph Altsheler
The first evening of the trip the foragers brought back to camp among other things a bag of oatmeal.
Harper's Round Table, August 27, 1895|Various

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