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gatherer
(encz) | gatherer,sběrač n: Zdeněk Brož |
gatherer
(encz) | gatherer,sběratel n: Zdeněk Brož |
Gatherer
(gcide) | Gatherer \Gath"er*er\, n.
1. One who gathers or collects.
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2. (Sewing Machine) An attachment for making gathers in the
cloth.
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gatherer
(wn) | gatherer
n 1: a person who gathers; "they were a society of hunters and
gatherers"
2: a person who is employed to collect payments (as for rent or
taxes) [syn: collector, gatherer, accumulator] |
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hunter-gatherer
(encz) | hunter-gatherer,lovec a sběrač Zdeněk Brož |
tollgatherer
(encz) | tollgatherer, n: |
woolgatherer
(encz) | woolgatherer, n: |
Gatherer
(gcide) | Gatherer \Gath"er*er\, n.
1. One who gathers or collects.
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2. (Sewing Machine) An attachment for making gathers in the
cloth.
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Taxgatherer
(gcide) | Taxgatherer \Tax"gath`er*er\, n.
One who collects taxes or revenues. -- Tax"gath`er*ing, n.
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Toll gatherer
(gcide) | Toll \Toll\, n. [OE. tol, AS. toll; akin to OS. & D. tol, G.
zoll, OHG. zol, Icel. tollr, Sw. tull, Dan. told, and also to
E. tale; -- originally, that which is counted out in payment.
See Tale number.]
1. A tax paid for some liberty or privilege, particularly for
the privilege of passing over a bridge or on a highway, or
for that of vending goods in a fair, market, or the like.
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2. (Sax. & O. Eng. Law) A liberty to buy and sell within the
bounds of a manor.
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3. A portion of grain taken by a miller as a compensation for
grinding.
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Toll and team (O. Eng. Law), the privilege of having a
market, and jurisdiction of villeins. --Burrill.
Toll bar, a bar or beam used on a canal for stopping boats
at the tollhouse, or on a road for stopping passengers.
Toll bridge, a bridge where toll is paid for passing over
it.
Toll corn, corn taken as pay for grinding at a mill.
Toll dish, a dish for measuring toll in mills.
Toll gatherer, a man who takes, or gathers, toll.
Toll hop, a toll dish. [Obs.] --Crabb.
Toll thorough (Eng. Law), toll taken by a town for beasts
driven through it, or over a bridge or ferry maintained at
its cost. --Brande & C.
Toll traverse (Eng. Law), toll taken by an individual for
beasts driven across his ground; toll paid by a person for
passing over the private ground, bridge, ferry, or the
like, of another.
Toll turn (Eng. Law), a toll paid at the return of beasts
from market, though they were not sold. --Burrill.
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Syn: Tax; custom; duty; impost.
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hunter-gatherer
(wn) | hunter-gatherer
n 1: a member of a hunting and gathering society |
tollgatherer
(wn) | tollgatherer
n 1: someone employed to collect tolls [syn: tollkeeper,
tollman, tollgatherer, toll collector, toll taker,
toll agent, toller] |
woolgatherer
(wn) | woolgatherer
n 1: someone who indulges in idle or absentminded daydreaming
[syn: daydreamer, woolgatherer] |
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