GLEANER

gleaner

(noun) someone who gathers something in small pieces (e.g. information) slowly and carefully

gleaner

(noun) someone who picks up grain left in the field by the harvesters

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

gleaner (plural gleaners)

One who gleans.

(slang) A person who focuses on self-improvement while in prison.

Anagrams

• General, enlarge, general, reangle

Source: Wiktionary


Glean"er, n.

1. One who gathers after reapers.

2. One who gathers slowly with labor. Locke.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

22 February 2025

ANALYSIS

(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’


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According to Guinness World Records, the largest iced coffee is 14,228.1 liters and was created by Caffé Bene (South Korea), in Yangju, South Korea, on 17 July 2014. They poured iced black Americano on the giant cup that measured 3.3 meters tall and 2.62 meters wide.

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