gatherer

noun

A person who gathers things.

Other meanings

A person who primarily gathers in a hunter-gatherer social system.
A person who collects rent or taxes.

Related words

firewood-gatherer
hunter-gatherer
newsgatherer
pure gatherer
snow-gatherer
tax gatherer
taxgatherer
tollgatherer

Example sentences

“In hunter-gatherer societies, people take care of each other.”
Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0

Word history

From Middle English "gaderere".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “gatherer” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.