gatherer

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

gatherer (plural gatherers)

1. A person who gathers things.
2. (business) A person who collects rent or taxes.
3. (textiles) An attachment to a sewing machine for making gathers in the cloth.
4. (glassblowing) A worker who collects molten glass on the end of a rod preparatory to blowing.

Derived terms

• firewood-gatherer
• hunter-gatherer
• pure gatherer
• snow-gatherer
• tax gatherer

 

Translations

person who gathers things

• Arabic: جَانٍ (ar) m (jānin)
• Czech: sběrač (cs) m
• Danish: samler (da) c
• Finnish: keräilijä (fi)
• French: cueilleur (fr) m, glaneur (fr) m, glaneuse (fr) f, ramasseur (fr) m, ramasseuse (fr) f
• German: Sammler (de) m
• Hungarian: szedő (hu)
• Irish: tiomsaitheoir m, bailitheoir m
• Italian: coglitore m
• Kyrgyz: жыйноочу (ky) (jıynoocu)
• Latin: legulus m
• Manx: teiyder m
• Portuguese: coletor (pt) m
• Romanian: adunător (ro) m
• Russian: собира́тель (ru) m (sobirátelʹ), собира́тельница (ru) f (sobirátelʹnica)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ску̀пља̄ч m, саку̀пља̄ч m

  Roman: skùpljāč (sh) m, sakùpljāč (sh) m

• Spanish: recolector m
• Swedish: samlare (sv) c
• Ukrainian: збира́ч m (zbyráč), збира́чка f (zbyráčka)

person who collects rent or taxes

• Finnish: vuokrankerääjä, veronkantaja
• Kyrgyz: жыйноочу (ky) (jıynoocu)
• Portuguese: coletor (pt) m
• Russian: сбо́рщик (ru) m (sbórščik), сбо́рщица (ru) f (sbórščica)
• Ukrainian: збира́ч m (zbyráč), збира́чка f (zbyráčka)

textiles: attachment to a sewing machine

Anagrams

• regather