gatherer
English
noun
Definitions
- A person who gathers things.
- A person who collects rent or taxes.
- (textiles) An attachment to a sewing machine for making gathers in the cloth.
- A workman who collects molten glass on the end of a rod preparatory to blowing.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English gaderere affix from English gather.
Origin
English
gather
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- begather English
- forgather English
- gather English
- gatherable English
- gatherest English
- gathereth English
- gathering English
- hunter English
- hunter-gatherer English
- ingather English
- news English
- newsgatherer English
- omnium-gatherum English
- regather English
- tax English
- taxgatherer English
- together English
- upgather English
- gaderen Middle English
- gaderere Middle English