plural hoarders
: a person or animal that hoards
We love shopping, and logically so: we're planners and hoarders, and by stocking up on available goods now, we can weather lean times tomorrow.—
Natalie Angier
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specifically
: a person with hoarding disorder
She is someone who buys too much and doesn't throw anything away, even as the stuff piles up and impedes normal life—the textbook definition of a hoarder. —Steven Kurutz
Steven Kurutz Most hoarders … know that their behavior is socially unacceptable and as a result actively conceal it from others. —Sandra G. Boodman
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My mom was a bit of a hoarder of magazines.
—Max Berlinger, Vogue, 11 June 2026
As if breaking the law would offer a symbolic release from this double bind, the third video documents Liden trespassing into the apartment of an anonymous hoarder.
—Erika Landström, Artforum, 2 June 2026
No, that’s not a pitch to reboot Jesse Armstrong’s iconic hourlong satire of America’s wealth hoarders.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 10 Apr. 2026
Combing through the collections, photographing, and filming can take months depending on the musicians’ hoarder status.
—Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 6 Apr. 2026
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Max Berlinger, Vogue, 11 June 2026
As if breaking the law would offer a symbolic release from this double bind, the third video documents Liden trespassing into the apartment of an anonymous hoarder.
—Erika Landström, Artforum, 2 June 2026
No, that’s not a pitch to reboot Jesse Armstrong’s iconic hourlong satire of America’s wealth hoarders.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 10 Apr. 2026
Combing through the collections, photographing, and filming can take months depending on the musicians’ hoarder status.
—Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 6 Apr. 2026
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“Hoarder.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hoarder. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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hoarder
noun
hoard·er
ˈhȯrd-ər 
: a person affected with hoarding disorder
Most hoarders … know that their behavior is socially unacceptable and as a result actively conceal it from others.—Sandra G. Boodman
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