Noun: gleaner glee-nu(r)
- Someone who picks up grain left in the field by the harvesters
"The poor were allowed to be gleaners in the fields after the harvest"
- Someone who gathers something in small pieces (e.g. information) slowly and carefully
"The historian was a meticulous gleaner of historical facts"
Derived forms: gleaners
Type of: accumulator, collector, farm worker, farmhand, field hand, fieldhand, gatherer, rouseabout [Austral]
Encyclopedia: Gleaner