Definition of gatherers:
(n) :
A person who gathers things.
(n) :
A person who primarily gathers in a hunter-gatherer social system.
(n) :
(business) A person who collects rent or taxes.
(n) :
(textiles) An attachment to a sewing machine for making gathers in the cloth.
(n) :
(glassblowing) A worker who collects molten glass on the end of a rod preparatory to blowing.