gatherer
Definition
Noun: 1. A person who collects or accumulates things: Someone whose role or activity involves bringing together items, information, or people from various places. 2. A person who is employed to collect payments (as for rent or taxes): An individual whose job is to collect money owed, such as dues, fees, or taxes.
Usage Examples
- As a collector of items or information:
- She worked as a data gatherer for the research project.
- The mushroom gatherer knew exactly which species were safe to eat.
- As a collector of payments:
- The tax gatherer visited the village to collect the annual dues.
- In the past, a rent gatherer would come to the door each month.
Advanced Usage
- In anthropological or historical contexts: The term is often used in the compound "hunter-gatherer" to describe a member of a society that primarily hunts animals and forages for wild plants for subsistence.
- Anthropologists study the tools used by ancient gatherers.
Variants and Related Words
- Gather (verb): To collect or bring together.
- Gathering (noun): An assembly or meeting of people; the act of collecting.
- Hunter-gatherer (noun): A member of a nomadic people who live chiefly by hunting, fishing, and harvesting wild food.
Synonyms
- Collector: A person who collects things, especially as a hobby or for study.
- Forager: Someone who searches widely for food or provisions.
- Accumulator: A person or thing that accumulates.
Related Phrases
- To gather intelligence: To collect secret information.
- The agent's mission was to gather intelligence behind enemy lines.
- To gather one's thoughts: To take a moment to think clearly before speaking or acting.
- He paused to gather his thoughts before answering the difficult question.
Noun
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a person who is employed to collect payments (as for rent or taxes)
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a person who gathers
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they were a society of hunters and gatherers
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