gleaner

noun

Definition of gleanernext
as in harvester

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  1. harvester
  2. farmer
  3. plowman
  4. grower
  5. reaper
  6. cultivator
  7. farmhand
  8. planter
Noun
  • The final scene shows Kaleb driving a combine harvester, and radioing Clarkson to tell him that his partner, Taya, has gone into labor with his third child.
    — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 18 May 2026
  • The harvester must have harvested oysters during the 2025-26 season, with proof in harvest reports.
    — JT Moodee Lockman, CBS News, 18 May 2026
Definition of harvester
Noun
  • The additional aid for farmers dealing with higher gas and fertilizer prices and retaliatory tariffs has become an election year priority for many lawmakers with large rural constituencies.
    — Kevin Freking, Fortune, 15 July 2026
  • House Republicans on Wednesday released the framework for a $95 billion package to fund the Pentagon and send aid to farmers.
    — Jarrell Dillard, Washington Post, 15 July 2026
Definition of farmer
Noun
  • More traditionally, Boötes is a herdsman or a plowman.
    — Jamie Carter, Space.com, 8 May 2026
  • Give your 19th-century plowman a dozen hard ciders, though, and see whether that plays a more significant role in his evening than his urge to pull himself up by his bootstraps.
    — Dan Brooks, The Atlantic, 3 Nov. 2025
Definition of plowman
Noun
  • No specific food, grower or supplier has been identified as the source of this summer’s outbreak of cyclospora, a microscopic parasite that has been linked to cases of explosive diarrhea across the country, particularly in Michigan and Ohio.
    — Zoe Sottile, CNN Money, 15 July 2026
  • That said, Ford notes that many growers remove the flower stalk early, allowing the plant to direct more energy toward trap growth, as blooming requires a significant amount of energy.
    — SJ McShane, Martha Stewart, 14 July 2026
Definition of grower
Noun
  • In one scene, a pair of revellers dance naked just outside the fence of the Calvary Cemetery, thumbing their noses at the reaper while the Manhattan skyline towers in the distance.
    — Chris Wiley, New Yorker, 4 July 2026
  • At the 1851 Great Exhibition in London, American revolvers and reapers with swappable parts stunned international observers.
    — Guru Madhavan, IEEE Spectrum, 29 June 2026
Definition of reaper
Noun
  • The fair will also host the 2026 California Cannabis Awards, ushering in cultivators and manufacturers from all around the state.
    — Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 16 July 2026
  • Kelly Funke is the president and CEO of Jackson & Perkins, a plant nursery and rose cultivator.
    — Abby Monteil, The Spruce, 14 July 2026
Definition of cultivator
Noun
  • Tony Martinez as Pepino Garcia Tony Martinez portrayed Pepino, the McCoys’ farmhand who often served as comic relief.
    — Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 6 July 2026
  • The voice that had so startled me belonged to our farmhand, Heisuke, a loyal but rather slow-witted man.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 May 2026
Definition of farmhand
Noun
  • Decorate plastic containers and use them as planters or mail drop zones.
    — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, The Spruce, 10 July 2026
  • Surveillance footage shows the woman drive up to the front of the shop and pull all four coleus plants from their planters with her hands.
    — Alexa Newsom, Kansas City Star, 9 July 2026
Definition of planter
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