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glean·er

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. gleanernoun

    someone who picks up grain left in the field by the harvesters

  2. gleanernoun

    someone who gathers something in small pieces (e.g. information) slowly and carefully

Wiktionary

  1. gleanernoun

    One who gleans.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Gleanernoun

    Etymology: from glean.

    For still the world prevail’d, and its dread laugh,
    Which scarce the firm philosopher can scorn,
    Should his heart own a gleaner in the field. James Thomson, Autumn.

    An ordinary coffee-house gleaner of the city is an arrant statesman, and as much superior to him, as a man conversant about the court is to a shopkeeper. John Locke.

Wikipedia

  1. Gleaner

    Gleaner(Noun)- A highly resourceful individual that utilizes crops and resources left behind by people who squander them.

ChatGPT

  1. gleaner

    A gleaner is a person or entity that gathers leftover produce or resources, often from fields after the primary harvest has taken place. This term is historically used to refer to individuals that collect leftover crops from farmer's fields to prevent waste and utilize what is still valuable. Nowadays, the concept can also be extended to refer to anyone who collects or gathers something little by little or in a careful way, from information to material resources.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Gleanernoun

    one who gathers after reapers

  2. Gleanernoun

    one who gathers slowly with labor

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of gleaner in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of gleaner in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of gleaner in a Sentence

  1. Mahabharata:

    Good words, good deeds, and beautiful expressions A wise man ever culls from every quarter, E?en as a gleaner gathers ears of corn.

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