gatherer

/ˈɡæðərər/

Other forms: gatherers

A gatherer is someone who collects or forages things. In the late fall, squirrels become gatherers, grabbing all the acorns they can find and saving them for winter snacks.

Anyone who gathers, assembles, or collects things can be described as a gatherer. Some gatherers (like squirrels) accumulate food that they find here and there. Early humans were hunter-gatherers, meaning that acquired food both by hunting animals and by foraging for roots, mushrooms, berries, and other nutritious plants.

Definitions of gatherer

1. noun

   a person who gathers
   “they were a society of hunters and gatherers”

   type of:

   individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul

   a human being
2. noun

   a person who is employed to collect payments (as for rent or taxes)
   synonyms: accumulator, collector

   examples:

   Isabella Stewart Gardner

   United States collector and patron of art who built a museum in Boston to house her collection and opened it to the public in 1903 (1840-1924)

   types:

   conductor

   the person who collects fares on a public conveyance

   gleaner

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

   rent collector

   a person who goes from house to house collecting rents for the owner

   conductress

   a woman conductor

   type of:

   worker

   a person who works at a specific occupation