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gatherer

noun as in collector

noun as in pack rat

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“I think at that level the acquisitive hunter-gatherer gene influences them more than riches,” Bass said.

Should we live like our hunter-gatherer forebears, run barefoot and eat nothing but meat, nuts, and fruit?

It's easy to cross the line, and you are no longer an observer and a gatherer of facts.

To judge by living hunter-gatherer peoples, these groups would have been fiercely egalitarian, with no head men or chiefs.

What matters most though is its core values as a gatherer and interpreter of news.

The tax-gatherer and recruiting officer begin to make their way into the hills.

Each gentleman may remunerate his gatherer, but the said remuneration shall in each case remain the same.

It fell, just inside the line, with its head up, and my gatherer pounced upon it like a cat.

Well, the black tax-gatherer is balked by a day, and the wanderer is back at Ercildoune again.

It was the bare cabin of a needy widow who had become involved in a lawsuit through the rapacity of a tax-gatherer.

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On this page you'll find 18 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to gatherer, such as: connoisseur, hobbyist, accumulator, antiquarian, antiquary, and authority.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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