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Noun: gleaner  glee-nu(r)
  1. Someone who picks up grain left in the field by the harvesters
     
  2. Someone who gathers something in small pieces (e.g. information) slowly and carefully

Derived forms: gleaners

Type of: accumulator, collector, farm worker, farmhand, field hand, fieldhand, gatherer, rouseabout [Austral]

Encyclopedia: Gleaner