NOUN | person | gatherer | a person who gathers |
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person | gatherer, collector, accumulator | a person who is employed to collect payments (as for rent or taxes) |
Sounds | gae'dherer | |
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Rhymes | acquirer ... waterer: 26 rhymes with erer... |
Meaning | A person who gathers. | |
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Example | "they were a society of hunters and gatherers" | |
Broader | person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul | A human being |
Verbs | gather | look for (food) in nature |
Meaning | A person who is employed to collect payments (as for rent or taxes). | |
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Synonyms | collector, accumulator | |
Category | tax, taxation, revenue enhancement | Charge against a citizen's person or property or activity for the support of government |
Instances | Gardner, Isabella Stewart Gardner | United States collector and patron of art who built a museum in Boston to house her collection and opened it to the public in 1903 (1840-1924) |
Narrower | conductor | The person who collects fares on a public conveyance |
gleaner | someone who gathers something in small pieces (e.g. information) slowly and carefully | |
rent collector | A person who goes from house to house collecting rents for the owner | |
Broader | worker | A person who works at a specific occupation |
Spanish | cobrador |
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