gleaner

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun someone who picks up grain left in the field by the harvesters
noun someone who gathers something in small pieces (e.g. information) slowly and carefully

From Middle English glenar, glenere, equivalent to glean + -er.

I hailed the Gleaner with what breath I had left, but no one gave heed. — The Literary World Seventh Reader, Unknown
Again they were desperate gleaners, hopping, skipping, bleeding, amid a whizz of scythe-blades, for small wisps of booty. — The Amazing Marriage — Complete, George Meredith
[804] Time of year: At harvest-time, when in the warm summer nights the wearied gleaner dreams of her day's work. — The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri: The Inferno, Dante Alighieri

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