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GLEANER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone who gathers something in small pieces (e.g. information) slowly and carefully
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("gleaner" is a kind of...):
accumulator; collector; gatherer (a person who is employed to collect payments (as for rent or taxes))
Sense 2
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)
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