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I spent my thirties living out of boxes and moving every six months to a year. It was my cloud period: I just wandered like a cloud for ten years, following the food supply. I was a hunter, gatherer, an academic migrant.
Sandra Cisneros

Meaning of "gatherer" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF GATHERER

gatherer  [ˈɡæðərə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GATHERER

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
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preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Gatherer is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES GATHERER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Gather

Gather, gatherer, or gathering may refer to: In anthropology and sociology: ▪ Hunter-gatherer, a person or a society whose subsistence depends on hunting and gathering of wild foods ▪ Intensive gathering, the practice of cultivating wild plants as a step toward domestication ▪ Harvesting crops In the arts: ▪ Global gathering, a music festival in the United Kingdom ▪ Ricochet Gathering, a music event in the United States ▪ Tribal Gathering, a music festival in the United Kingdom Other uses: ▪ Gather, an area where fabric is folded or bunched together with thread or yarn ▪ Gather, a generic term for one of several knitting techniques to draw stitches closer together ▪ Gather.com, a social networking website ▪ Gathering, a number of sheets of paper folded and sewn or glued as a group into a bookbinding ▪ Gathering of Developers, sometimes called as 'Gathering' ▪ Rag gatherer, an archaic occupation, also known as...

Definition of gatherer in the English dictionary

The definition of gatherer in the dictionary is a person who collects something.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH GATHERER


blatherer
ˈblæðərə
bletherer
ˈbleðərə
ditherer
ˈdɪðərə
furtherer
ˈfɜːðərə
God-botherer
ˈɡɒdˌbɒðərə
ingatherer
ɪnˈɡæðərə
latherer
ˈlɑːðərə
murtherer
ˈmɜːðərə
smotherer
ˈsmʌðərə
weatherer
ˈweðərə
witherer
ˈwɪðərə
woolgatherer
ˈwʊlˌɡæðərə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GATHERER

gatekeeping
gateless
gatelike
gateman
gatepost
gater
Gates
Gateshead
gateway
gateway drug
Gath
Gatha
gather
gatherable
gathering
gathering stitch
Gatling gun
gator
GATT
gatvol

WORDS THAT END LIKE GATHERER

adherer
butcherer
caterer
cipherer
coherer
cosherer
decipherer
decoherer
discoverer
encipherer
Federer
hunter-gatherer
murderer
renderer
sorcerer
sufferer
tinkerer
treacherer
wanderer
whisperer

Synonyms and antonyms of gatherer in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «gatherer» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GATHERER

Find out the translation of gatherer to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of gatherer from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «gatherer» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

采集者
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

recolectores
570 millions of speakers

English

gatherer
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

संग्राहक
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

المجمع
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

собирателей
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

coletor
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সংগ্রাহক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

cueilleur
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pengumpul
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Sammler
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

採集
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

채집
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Gatherer
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

hái lượm
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சேர்ப்பவர்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

जमावाला
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

koleksiyoncu
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

collettore
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

zbieraczem
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

збирачів
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

culegator
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

τροφοσυλλεκτών
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

versamelaar
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

upptag
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sanker
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of gatherer

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GATHERER»

The term «gatherer» is quite widely used and occupies the 48.565 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GATHERER» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about gatherer

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2 QUOTES WITH «GATHERER»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word gatherer.
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Sandra Cisneros
I spent my thirties living out of boxes and moving every six months to a year. It was my cloud period: I just wandered like a cloud for ten years, following the food supply. I was a hunter, gatherer, an academic migrant.
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Megyn Kelly
I'm steeped in the news because I enjoy the news - I like reading papers, I like reading the blogs, I love talking to newsmakers and pundits, for that matter, about their opinions. I'm an information gatherer by nature, so that's what attracted me about this industry.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GATHERER»

Discover the use of gatherer in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to gatherer and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Hunter-gatherer Childhoods: Evolutionary, Developmental, and ...
This pioneering volume will help to stimulate further research and scholarship on hunter-gatherer childhoods, thereby advancing our understanding of the way of life that characterized most of human history and of the processes that may have ...
Barry S. Hewlett, Michael E. Lamb
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The Hunter-gatherer Within: Health and the Natural Human Diet
"We want to examine what the scientific evidence suggests is really going on when we eat food, and how we can eat and live in a way that best gives us the health benefits of a hunter-gatherer lifestyle while living in and enjoying the ...
Kerry G. Brock, George Minor Diggs, 2013
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Hunter-gatherer Economy in Prehistory: A European Perspective
The study of hunters and gatherers has become an increasingly popular and central topic of research.
G. N. Bailey, 1983
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Woman the Gatherer
Essays discuss chimpanzees as an evolutionary model, modern examples of hunter-gatherer tribes, women's and men's roles in prehistoric times, and primitive human adaptations This book focuses attention on women among the hunting and ...
Frances Dahlberg, 1981
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Hunter-Gatherer Behavior: Human Response During the Younger ...
This volume is the first book in fifteen years to comprehensively address key questions regarding the extent of this event and how hunter-gatherer populations adapted behaviorally and technologically in the face of major climatic change.
Metin I Eren, 2012
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Limited Wants, Unlimited Means: A Reader On Hunter-Gatherer ...
It examines the economics of traditional societies, and concludes with a multifaceted investigation of how such societies function and what they can teach us in our own quest for environmental sustainability and social equality.Limited ...
John Gowdy, 1998
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PAST AND PRESENT IN HUNTER GATHERER STUDIES
This volume shows how hunter gatherer societies maintain their traditional lifeways in the face of interaction with neighboring herders, farmers, and traders.
Carmel Schrire, 2009
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Hunter-gatherer Archaeology as Historical Process
Combining the latest empirical studies of archaeological practice with the latest conceptual tools of anthropological and historical theory, this volume will be of great interest to anyone involved with the study of foraging peoples.
Kenneth E. Sassaman, Donald H. Holly (Jr.), 2011
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A Hunter-Gatherer Landscape: Southwest Germany in the Late ...
He also discusses the data within the context of human events in western Europe during the same periods. The text is accompanied by 115 illustrations.
Robert L. Bettinger, Michael A. Jochim, 2012
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Key Issues in Hunter-Gatherer Research
This book offers the most up-to-date anthology of papers on hunter-gatherer research and contains possibly the most comprehensive bibliography on hunter-gatherers ever published.
Ernest S. Burch, Linda J. Ellanna, 1994

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GATHERER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term gatherer is used in the context of the following news items.
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Back on the roller coaster - BuenosAiresHerald.com
... can quickly run out of money and see many of their inhabitants reduced to foraging for food much as did their hunter-gatherer ancestors. «Buenos Aires Herald, Jul 15»
2
Derek and his pals weave their magic - Independent.ie
Eh, Derek. This column is notoriously lacking in the skills and knowledge of a money-gatherer of your standing. But in March 2007, it explained ... «Irish Independent, Jul 15»
3
Humans don't domesticate cats; cats domesticate humans
Dogs began following hunter-gatherer tribes contemporaneous with the discovery of fire. They've been selectively bred for centuries to perform ... «Daily Journal Online, Jul 15»
4
The data hunter gatherer: questions that will help your business
What does a caveman hunting wooly mammoths and an entrepreneur launching a startup have in common? They both depend on data to ... «Information Age, Jul 15»
5
Stores targeting aggressive signature gatherers - KREM.com
When he declined to sign a petition to save endangered animals, the signature gatherer smiled – at first. "He says, 'Jack says, have a great day! «KREM.com, Jul 15»
6
From Percy Pigs to dinosaurs: what's hot and what's not on Planet …
Bass Weejuns David Bradshaw's brand Hunter Gatherer has collaborated on a limited-edition pair of loafers. Bradshaw's inspiration? Michael ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
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AK: Adventure-bound Juneau couple moves into $8,600 tiny house …
... and be able to take off in true nomad style like human's used to be and go hunter-gatherer across the country looking for adventure,” he says. «Alaska Public Radio Network, Jul 15»
8
Hatoful Boyfriend - PlayStation's Latest Exclusive is all About Dating …
You play as Hiyoko Tosaka, a girl who grew up as a hunter-gatherer, living out of a cave in the wilderness. She started attending St. «Attack of the Fanboy, Jul 15»
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Prehistoric hunter-gatherer remains leave archaeologists rethinking …
Hunter-gatherers sheltered on mountains for the night in the Highlands of Scotland during the most dramatic period of climate change since the ... «Culture24, Jul 15»
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Stores targeting aggressive signature gatherers - KING5.com
A paid signature gatherer outside a grocery store in Tacoma. Stores say aggressive behavior by the gatherers is disturbing customers. (Photo: ... «KING5.com, Jul 15»

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