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gar⋅ner

[gahr-ner]
–verb (used with object)
1. to gather or deposit in or as if in a granary or other storage place.
2. to get; acquire; earn: He gradually garnered a national reputation as a financial expert.
3. to gather, collect, or hoard.
–noun
4. a granary or grain bin.
5. a store or supply of anything.

Origin:
1125–75; ME garner, gerner < OF gernier, grenier < L grānārium granary; see -er 2

Gar⋅ner

[gahr-ner]
–noun
John Nance [nans] , 1868–1967, vice president of the U.S. 1933–41.
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gar·ner   (gär'nər)   
tr.v.   gar·nered, gar·ner·ing, gar·ners
  1. To gather and store in or as if in a granary.

  2. To amass; acquire. See Synonyms at reap.

n.  
  1. A granary.

  2. An accumulation or collection of something.


[Middle English, from garner, gerner, granary, from Old French gernier, grenier, from Latin grānārium; see granary.]
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Word Origin & History

garner 
c.1175, from O.Fr. gernier, metathesized variant of grenier "storehouse, garret," from L. granarium (see granary).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Bible Dictionary

Garner

(1.) Heb. 'otsar, a treasure; a store of goods laid up, and hence also the place where they are deposited (Joel 1:17; 2 Chr. 32:27, rendered "treasury"). (2.) Heb. mezev, a cell, storeroom (Ps. 144:13); Gr. apotheke, a place for storing anything, a granary (Matt. 3:12; Luke 3:17).

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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