gleaner

noun

Definition of gleanernext
as in harvester

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  1. farmer
  2. plowman
  3. reaper
  4. cultivator
  5. farmhand
  6. planter
Noun
  • That’s why farmers and ranchers in the area depend on irrigation that is facilitated by capturing water at two international reservoirs that feed into the river.
    Berenice Garcia, Austin American-Statesman, 26 Dec. 2024
  • The industry — a collection of tree farmers and sellers across the country — has only just emerged from supply shortages dating to the 2008 financial crisis.
    Ash Reynolds, NBC News, 25 Dec. 2024
Definition of farmer
Noun
  • The infamous East Riverside slide can dump 50 feet of concrete-thick debris and has taken the lives of three plowmen—in 1970, 1978, and 1992—as well as a preacher and his two daughters in 1963, and two men and most of their team of mules in 1883.
    Leath Tonino, Outside Online, 23 Feb. 2017
  • Like many present day comedians and actors, medieval minstrels are believed to have had day jobs as peddlers and plowmen, but performed their theatrical gigs at night.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 31 May 2023
Definition of plowman
Noun
  • Sliders and tenders can be ordered at seven heat levels – no spice, lite mild, mild, medium, hot, extra hot, and reaper.
    Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 8 Jan. 2024
  • In a match made in moneyed heaven, Edith Rockefeller married Harold McCormick, the son of another wealthy man and prominent Chicagoan, Cyrus McCormick, who invented the mechanical reaper, which helped in the mechanization of agriculture, in 1895.
    Marianne Mather, Chicago Tribune, 24 Oct. 2024
Definition of reaper
Noun
  • Artists are launching their own lines of cannabis products, typically pairing up with existing cultivators to get their brands on dispensary shelves.
    Rowan Briggs, The Mercury News, 23 Oct. 2024
  • This is for soil-only cultivators who never use chemicals, among other requirements.
    Lindsey Bartlett, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2024
Definition of cultivator
Noun
  • The former Miami Marlins farmhand, who played in 23 big-league games in 2022, hit an astounding 19 home runs in 93 at-bats for Oaxaca before the Giants signed him in mid-May.
    Andrew Baggarly, The Athletic, 1 Aug. 2024
  • As its workers stream to the U.S., Mexico runs short of farmhands Landlines are dying out.
    Washington Post, Washington Post, 23 Mar. 2024
Definition of farmhand
Noun
  • Put a hoya in a hanging planter by a sunny window and let its vines trail down, or train them to grow up a bookshelf, window, or archway.
    Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Dec. 2024
  • The dense evergreen foliage shines year-round, providing a bright accent or specimen for entryway gardens and patio planters.
    Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of planter
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