Glaneur
/ɡlɑːˈnɜːr/noun
A person who gleans, especially someone who collects leftover grain or useful scraps.
Did you know?Gleaning was not merely scavenging: in biblical law, landowners were commanded to leave field edges and fallen grain for the poor, widows, orphans, and foreigners.
Etymological Timeline
Early Medieval Period
Frankish/Germanic
*glanōn
“Reconstructed Germanic source meaning “to gather” or “to glean”; the form is not directly attested.”
12th Century
Old French
glener
“To glean, especially to collect grain left in a harvested field.”
13th Century
Old French
gleneor
“A person who gleans; the agent noun formed from glener.”
16th Century
French
glaneur
“One who gleans or gathers remnants after a harvest.”
19th Century
English
glaneur
“A rare borrowing used for a gleaner or collector of discarded remnants.”
Modern English
English
glaneur
“A person who gleans, often figuratively someone who gathers overlooked fragments or discarded material.”