GLEANER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does gleaner mean? 

• GLEANER (noun)
  The noun GLEANER has 2 senses:

1. someone who picks up grain left in the field by the harvesters

2. someone who gathers something in small pieces (e.g. information) slowly and carefully

  Familiarity information: GLEANER used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GLEANER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who picks up grain left in the field by the harvesters

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("gleaner" is a kind of...):

farm worker; farmhand; field hand; fieldhand (a hired hand on a farm)

Derivation:

glean (gather, as of natural products)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Someone who gathers something in small pieces (e.g. information) slowly and carefully

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("gleaner" is a kind of...):

accumulator; collector; gatherer (a person who is employed to collect payments (as for rent or taxes))