gatherer

[ gath-er-er ]

/ ˈgæð ər ər /

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noun

a person or thing that collects, brings together, or accumulates:The artist acts as both gatherer and creator, collecting vintage artifacts and orchestrating them into open-ended narratives.The data gatherers are to inquire about product safety, potential drug interactions, cost, and efficacy.

a person who comes together with others:In Black churches throughout the South, gatherers celebrated “Watch Night” on December 31, 1862, counting down to the moment when the Emancipation Proclamation would take effect.

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Origin of gatherer

gather + -er¹

Words nearby gatherer

gateway, gateway drug, Gath, Gatha, gather, gatherer, gathering, Gather ye rosebuds while ye may, Gathic, Gatineau, gating

How to use gatherer in a sentence

“I think at that level the acquisitive hunter-gatherer gene influences them more than riches,” Bass said.
Faulkner of Oil Country: Rick Bass Talks New Novel|Jane Ciabattari|August 22, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Should we live like our hunter-gatherer forebears, run barefoot and eat nothing but meat, nuts, and fruit?
Eat Like a Caveman? The Trouble With Paleo Living|Robert Herritt|March 21, 2013|DAILY BEAST
It's easy to cross the line, and you are no longer an observer and a gatherer of facts.
Drug Dealers to the Stars|Christine Pelisek|October 20, 2010|DAILY BEAST
To judge by living hunter-gatherer peoples, these groups would have been fiercely egalitarian, with no head men or chiefs.
The Real Reason for Christmas|Nicholas Wade|December 14, 2009|DAILY BEAST

What matters most though is its core values as a gatherer and interpreter of news.
Stop Picking On the Times|Peter Osnos|December 30, 2008|DAILY BEAST
The tax-gatherer and recruiting officer begin to make their way into the hills.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3|Various
Each gentleman may remunerate his gatherer, but the said remuneration shall in each case remain the same.
The Way of a Man|Emerson Hough
It fell, just inside the line, with its head up, and my gatherer pounced upon it like a cat.
The Way of a Man|Emerson Hough
Well, the black tax-gatherer is balked by a day, and the wanderer is back at Ercildoune again.
Sword and Gown|George A. Lawrence
It was the bare cabin of a needy widow who had become involved in a lawsuit through the rapacity of a tax-gatherer.
Kai Lung's Golden Hours|Ernest Bramah

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