gatherer

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noun

A person who gathers things.

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collectoraccumulator
OriginMiddle English gaderere →
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Meanings

noungatherer (plural gatherers)

plural gatherers

  1. A person who gathers things.
    1. A person who primarily gathers in a hunter-gatherer social system.
  2. businessA person who collects rent or taxes.
  3. businessAn attachment to a sewing machine for making gathers in the cloth.
  4. artsA worker who collects molten glass on the end of a rod preparatory to blowing.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna person who is employed to collect payments (as for rent or taxes)

Similar
collectoraccumulator
Broader
worker
Also see
accumulatorcollector

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Middle Englishgaderere
  2. Englishgatherer

From Middle English gaderere, gaderare, equivalent to gather + -er.

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Translations

Arabic جَانٍ
  • جَانٍ (jānin)person who gathers things
Czech sběrač
  • sběračperson who gathers things
Danish samler
  • samlerperson who gathers things
Finnish vuokrankerääjä, veronkantaja
  • vuokrankerääjäperson who collects rent or taxes
  • veronkantajaperson who collects rent or taxes
  • keräilijäperson who gathers things
French cueilleur, glaneur
  • cueilleurperson who gathers things
  • glaneurperson who gathers things
  • glaneuseperson who gathers things
  • ramasseurperson who gathers things
  • ramasseuseperson who gathers things
German Sammler
  • Sammlerperson who gathers things
Hungarian szedő
  • szedőperson who gathers things
Irish tiomsaitheoir, bailitheoir
  • tiomsaitheoirperson who gathers things
  • bailitheoirperson who gathers things
Italian coglitore
  • coglitoreperson who gathers things
Latin legulus
  • legulusperson who gathers things
Portuguese coletor, coletor
  • coletorperson who collects rent or taxes
  • coletorperson who gathers things
Romanian adunător
  • adunătorperson who gathers things
Russian сбо́рщик, сбо́рщица
  • сбо́рщик (sbórščik)person who collects rent or taxes
  • сбо́рщица (sbórščica)person who collects rent or taxes
  • собира́тель (sobirátelʹ)person who gathers things
  • собира́тельница (sobirátelʹnica)person who gathers things
Spanish recolector
  • recolectorperson who gathers things
Swedish samlare
  • samlareperson who gathers things
Ukrainian збира́ч, збира́чка
  • збира́ч (zbyráč)person who collects rent or taxes
  • збира́чка (zbyráčka)person who collects rent or taxes
  • збира́ч (zbyráč)person who gathers things
  • збира́чка (zbyráčka)person who gathers things

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

regather
Cite this entry
APA

gatherer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gatherer

MLA

“gatherer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gatherer. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gatherer,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gatherer.

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