1. Someone who indulges in idle or absentminded daydreaming
   "The woolgatherer gazed out the window, lost in his own thoughts";
   - daydreamer

Derived forms: woolgatherers

Type of: bum [N. Amer, informal], deadbeat [informal], do-nothing [informal], idler, layabout [informal], loafer, shirker [informal], slacker [informal]

Encyclopedia: Woolgatherer