gatherer

Plural: gatherers

Noun

• A person or thing that collects or brings together.
• a person who gathers
  • "they were a society of hunters and gatherers"
• a person who is employed to collect payments (as for rent or taxes)
• A person who gathers things.
• A person who gathers things.
• A person who primarily gathers in a hunter-gatherer social system.
• A person who collects rent or taxes.
• An attachment to a sewing machine for making gathers in the cloth.
• A worker who collects molten glass on the end of a rod preparatory to blowing.

Examples

• He was a meticulous GATHERER of high-point letters, always saving ’Q’ and ’Z’ for bingos.

Synonyms

accumulator, collector