Associations to the word «Gatherer»

Wiktionary

GATHERER, noun. A person who gathers things.
GATHERER, noun. A person who collects rent or taxes.
GATHERER, noun. (textiles) An attachment to a sewing machine for making gathers in the cloth.

Dictionary definition

GATHERER, noun. A person who gathers; "they were a society of hunters and gatherers".
GATHERER, noun. A person who is employed to collect payments (as for rent or taxes).

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats