Definition of "gleaners" [gleaners]

• Plural form of gleaner. (noun)

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• "In some villages of France and Germany, a certain day is fixed in the commune, when the gleaning is to begin; sometimes the church-bell rings, in other villages the beat of the drum calls the gleaners to the fields; peasant mothers, with their little children, boys and girls, old and infirm men and women, are seen in little parties moving toward the unfenced fields, and spreading themselves through the yellow stubble."
• "And in another report we had 40,000 US "gleaners" filling 80,000 4-6kg sacks with 250kg of vegetables - a minuscule 6g per person (Hard times bite in America, World page 28, November 26)."
• "Fong said that the "gleaners," or those who take out items from the cans, provide a service to the city by helping to keep more items out of the landfills."