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Synonyms for gatherers

Grammar : Noun
Spell : gath-er
Phonetic Transcription : ˈgæð ər

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Définition of gatherers

Origin :
  • Old English gadrian, gædrian "unite, agree, assemble; gather, collect, store up," used of flowers, thoughts, persons; from Proto-Germanic *gadurojan "bring together, unite" (cf. Old English gæd "fellowship, companionship," gædeling "companion;" Middle Low German gadderen; Old Frisian gaderia; Dutch gaderen "to gather," gade "spouse;" German Gatte "husband;" Gothic gadiliggs), from PIE *ghedh- "to unite, join" (see good (adj.). Change of spelling from -d- to -th- is 1500s, reflecting earlier change in pronunciation. Related: Gathered; gathering.
  • As in collector : noun one who collects specimens
  • As in packrat : noun hoarder
  • As in pack rat : noun someone that hoards objects
Example sentences :
  • I do not see how the gatherers for the vintage ever get off enough.
  • Extract from : « Summer in a Garden, and Calvin, A Study Of Character » by Charles Dudley Warner
  • About one-fifth are gatherers and one-fifth sewers and stitchers.
  • Extract from : « Wage Earning and Education » by R. R. Lutz
  • One only path it show'd By which the gatherers when they stripp'd the vines Pass'd and repass'd.
  • Extract from : « The Iliad of Homer » by Homer
  • But so skillful and careful are the gatherers that but few eggs are broken.
  • Extract from : « Northern California, Oregon, and the Sandwich Islands » by Charles Nordhoff
  • At last about eighty snakes had been danced with and were now writhing, animated bouquets in the hands of the gatherers.
  • Extract from : « I Married a Ranger » by Dama Margaret Smith
  • But at daylight the gatherers of the dead saw something moving from under the mist that hid the opposite bank of the river.
  • Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin
  • As men are most largely the gatherers of money, it is mistakenly assumed that they are most largely the creators of wealth.
  • Extract from : « The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV » by Various
  • But the gatherers never fail to stop and capture their particular reptile.
  • Extract from : « The Indians of the Painted Desert Region » by George Wharton James
  • They have been hunted for their blossoms and the gatherers have not cared whether they pulled the plants up by the roots or not.
  • Extract from : « The Library of Work and Play: Outdoor Work » by Mary Rogers Miller
  • They are of the true negro type, and are great fishermen and gatherers of salt on the lake.
  • Extract from : « Stanley in Africa » by James P. Boyd
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