Etymology

gleaner

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Today it means: One who gleans. Full definition →

Middle English glenar
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  1. Middle English · inherited fromglenar
  2. English todaygleaner

From Middle English glenar, glenere, equivalent to glean + -er.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.