gleaner
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Etymology edit
From Middle English glenar, glenere, equivalent to glean + -er.
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gleaner (plural gleaners)
- One who gleans.
- (slang) A person who focuses on self-improvement while in prison.
- 1976, United States. National Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioral Research, Research Involving Prisoners: Appendix to Report and Recommendations:
- Gleaners read, pursue formal education, may learn a trade through vocational education programs or job training, […]
- 1987, John Irwin, The Felon, page 86:
- Release and renewal of life on the outside are the dominant concerns of time-doers and gleaners. Even jailers, although they tend to make prison life their central concern, are cognizant that they will return to the outside community.
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one who gleans
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