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gleaner
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun gleaner has 2 senses
- gleaner(n = noun.person) Array - someone who picks up grain left in the field by the harvesters; Array is a kind of farm worker, farmhand, field hand, fieldhand
- gleaner(n = noun.person) Array - someone who gathers something in small pieces (e.g. information) slowly and carefully; Array is a kind of accumulator, collector, gatherer
Derived form verb glean1
CIDE DICTIONARY
gleaner, n.
- One who gathers after reapers. [1913 Webster]
- One who gathers slowly with labor. Locke. [1913 Webster]
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