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gatherer (iou)



gatherer noun. ME.
[from GATHER verb + -ER1.]
A person who gathers or collects something. Also foll. by together, up. ME.
b. spec. A collector of money. Now rare. LME.
c. An accumulator of wealth, a miser. Only in 16.
techn.
a. Bookbinding. A person who or machine which collects and orders the leaves or sheets of a book. L17.
b. Glass-making. A person who accumulates molten glass or metal on the end of a blowing-iron. M19.
Each of the front teeth of a horse. L17.