Glaner
/ˈɡleɪnər/noun
An obsolete English noun meaning a person who gleans or gathers leftover grain.
Did you know?The word belongs to the same medieval vocabulary as gleaning, a practice famously associated with biblical laws requiring landowners to leave harvest remnants for the poor.
Etymological Timeline
Medieval French
Old French
glaner
“To gather leftover grain after the main harvest.”
12th–13th Century
Anglo-Norman
glaner
“To glean or collect remnants from a harvested field.”
Middle English
English
glenen
“To gather ears of grain left behind after reaping.”
Middle English
English
glanere
“A person who gleans.”
16th–17th Century
English
glaner
“An obsolete noun for someone who gathers leftover crops.”
Modern English
English
glaner
“Rare or obsolete; a person who gleans.”