gleaner

• Substantiv für eine Person, die nach der Ernte liegen gebliebene Ähren oder Getreidekörner auf dem Feld sammelt; übertragen auch jemand, der Informationen oder Dinge mühsam Stück für Stück zusammenträgt.

A noun referring to a person who collects leftover grain from fields after harvesting, or someone who gathers information or items slowly and carefully in small amounts.

1. Grain collectorC1formal

   A person who gathers leftover grain from a field after the main harvest has been completed.

   Ährenleser

   • The gleaner walked through the field, collecting the fallen wheat.
   • In ancient times, gleaners were allowed to take what the harvesters left behind.
   • The painting depicts a gleaner working in the golden fields at sunset.

2. Information gathererC1formal

   A person who slowly and carefully collects pieces of information from various sources.

   Informationssammler

   • The journalist was a diligent gleaner of facts from public records.
   • As a gleaner of historical data, she spent hours in the archives.
   • He was a gleaner of rumors, picking up whispers from every corner of the office.

   Synonymecollectorcompilergathererresearcher