Definition of "gatherer" []

• A person who gathers things. (noun)
• A person who collects rent or taxes. (noun)
• An attachment to a sewing machine for making gathers in the cloth. (noun)

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• "Actually, Pinker thinks that what makes market pricing post-hunter-gatherer is that it requires mathematical reasoning."
• "If a signature gatherer is posted outside my local grocery store, my signature could be revealed to my neighbors."
• "In prehistoric times there were no taxcollectors, so perhaps the hunter-gatherer is a nice reference point."