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Someone who gathers something in small pieces (e.g. information) slowly and carefully
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gleaner
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Gleaner may refer to somebody who gleans or: Newspapers Gleaner Company , a newspaper publishing enterprise in Jamaica The Daily Gleaner , a daily newspaper serving Fredericton, New Brunswick and the upper Saint John River Valley Henderson Gleaner , a daily ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
mid-15c., agent noun from glean (v.).
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. someone who picks up grain left in the field by the harvesters someone who gathers something in small pieces (e.g. information) slowly and carefully
Usage examples of gleaner.
Thorald City, outside a great tent, young men and women of Determining and Fating ages stood in a long, winding line, waiting to have their futures foretold by the Qirsi gleaner inside.
If you wish I can find another gleaner for your Fating, but he or she may need some time to prepare.
The gleaner offered it as a statement, but it seemed to Tavis that he appeared troubled.
It was not just that she was a gleaner in the Revel, someone with whom he might have a future.
From what the Qirsi understood, no one knew what Tavis had seen except the gleaner and the boy himself.
Perhaps it would be best if I told you that in addition to being a gleaner, I also have the power of fire and speak the language of beasts.
Jedrek knew where the gleaner was going, just as it was easier to hunt a wildcat once he found its den.
He had made up two days on the gleaner already, and he could cover the rest of the distance in Kentigern Wood, where the Qirsi was less likely to notice his approach.
It seemed that the gleaner did not fear being tracked, or was merely too careless to know any better.
By the time the moons were up tomorrow night, the gleaner would be dead.
For the rest of the day, Jedrek had to force himself to slow down, not wishing to overtake the gleaner before he was ready.
He had a feeling that the gleaner was close, though he was not certain how much faith he could place in his instincts at that moment.
Honok knew he was a gleaner, and he had seen him shatter wood and steel, not to mention bone.
He was ashamed of his weakness and he tried to hide his fatigue from Grinsa, but the gleaner was watching him closely.
Somehow, the gleaner was sharing the burden of what Fotir was trying to do.