gleaner

• Personne qui ramasse les épis de blé ou autres grains restés sur le champ après la moisson, ou qui recueille peu à peu des informations, des objets ou des éléments épars.

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.

   Glaneur (agriculture)

   • 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.

   glaneur d'informations

   • 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.

   Synonymescollectorcompilergathererresearcher