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Definition of Gatherers
1. gatherer [n] - See also: gatherer
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gatherers
Literary usage of Gatherers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The True History of the Conquest of New Spain by Bernal Díaz del Castillo (1908)
"How Cortes ordered the five tax gatherers of Montezuma to be taken prisoners and
gave out that from that time forward neither obedience nor tribute should ..."
2. The Employments of Women: A Cyclopaedia of Woman's Work. By Virginia Penny by Virginia Penny (1863)
"The number of rag gatherers in New York is very great, and the majority ...
Rag gatherers have each their own province, and none of the rest dare intrude. ..."
3. A Parody Anthology by Carolyn Wells (1904)
"THE SHRIMP -Gatherers spaces of sand and ocean, Gulls that circle and winds that
blow ; Baskets and boats and men in motion, Sailing and scattering to and ..."
4. The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz Del Castillo by Bernal Díaz del Castillo, John Ingram Lockhart (1844)
"How Cortes ordered the five Mexican tax-gatherers to be imprisoned, and no further
... As the Mexican tax-gatherers now required human beings of them for ..."
5. The Library of American Biography by Jared Sparks (1848)
"Dread of Tax Gatherers. — Colonel Davie chosen a Member of the State Convention.
— The Leaders and Policy of the Parties in it. —His Influence and Speeches ..."
6. The Works of James McNeill Whistler by Elisabeth Luther Cary (1907)
"THE RAG Gatherers." (From the Etching.) Reproduced by the courtesy of Messrs.
Frederic': К -•;.; . ..."
7. The Book Buyer by Charles Scribner's Sons (1890)
"THE KELP-Gatherers. A Story of the Maine Coast. Illustrated. Cloth, $1.00.
THE START IN LIFE SERIES. By JT TROW- BRIDGE. 3 volumes. Illustrated. " ftl.OO. ..."
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