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bailitheoir — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • accumulator noun One who, or that which, accumulates.
  • collector noun A person who collects items, often as a hobby.
  • gatherer noun A person who gathers things.
  • scavenger noun A person who searches through discarded items for useful things.

Senses

bailitheoir is used for these senses in English:

  • accumulator (literal) One who, or that which, accumulates.
  • collector A person who or thing that collects, or which creates or manages a collection.
  • gatherer A person who gathers things.
  • scavenger Someone who scavenges, especially one who searches through rubbish for food or useful things.

accumulator — full definition

  1. noun One who, or that which, accumulates.
  2. noun A wet-cell storage battery.
  3. noun A collective bet on successive events, with both stake and winnings being carried forward to accumulate progressively.
  4. noun A system of elastic springs for relieving the strain upon a rope, as in deep-sea dredging.

collector — full definition

  1. noun A person who collects items, often as a hobby.
  2. noun A person or agency whose job is to collect payments owed.
  3. noun Electronics: the terminal of a transistor that gathers current from the base and emitter.

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