gleaner (redirected from Jamaica Gleaner)

glean  (gln)

v. gleaned, glean·ing, gleans

v.intr.

To gather grain left behind by reapers.

v.tr.

1. To gather (grain) left behind by reapers.

2. To collect bit by bit: "records from which historians glean their knowledge" (Kemp Malone). See Synonyms at reap.

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[Middle English glenen, from Old French glener, from Late Latin glennre, probably of Celtic origin.]

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gleaner n.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	gleaner - someone who picks up grain left in the field by the harvesters farm worker, farmhand, field hand, fieldhand - a hired hand on a farm
	2.	gleaner - someone who gathers something in small pieces (e.g. information) slowly and carefully accumulator, collector, gatherer - a person who is employed to collect payments (as for rent or taxes)

Translations

gleaner [ˈgliːnəʳ] N → espigador(a) m/f

gleaner

n → Ährenleser(in) m(f)