gatherer
Meanings
Plural: gatherers
Noun
- a person who gathers
- "they were a society of hunters and gatherers"
- a person who is employed to collect payments (as for rent or taxes)
- A person who gathers things.
- A person who gathers things.
- A person who primarily gathers in a hunter-gatherer social system.
- A person who collects rent or taxes.
- An attachment to a sewing machine for making gathers in the cloth.
- A worker who collects molten glass on the end of a rod preparatory to blowing.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English gaderere, gaderare, equivalent to gather + -er.
Synonyms
Scrabble Score: 12
gatherer is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordgatherer is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
gatherer is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 12
gatherer is a valid Words With Friends word