plural hoarders
: a person or animal that hoards
We love shopping, and logically so: we're planners and hoarders, and by stocking up on available goods now, we can weather lean times tomorrow.—
Natalie Angier
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specifically
: a person with hoarding disorder
She is someone who buys too much and doesn't throw anything away, even as the stuff piles up and impedes normal life—the textbook definition of a hoarder. —Steven Kurutz
Steven Kurutz Most hoarders … know that their behavior is socially unacceptable and as a result actively conceal it from others. —Sandra G. Boodman
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Tape usage increases each year, thanks in part to the hunger of data hoarders like Google.
—Matthew Hutson, The New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2025
First responders also report hoarder houses to the city code enforcement department to help mitigate those conditions.
—Clifford Ward, Chicago Tribune, 14 Mar. 2025
The victim, described as a hoarder, may have set the fire that killed him to keep warm, sources with knowledge of the case said.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 7 Mar. 2025
Bob Goodson, a notorious hoarder, had recently moved house.
—Christian Stadler, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
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Matthew Hutson, The New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2025
First responders also report hoarder houses to the city code enforcement department to help mitigate those conditions.
—Clifford Ward, Chicago Tribune, 14 Mar. 2025
The victim, described as a hoarder, may have set the fire that killed him to keep warm, sources with knowledge of the case said.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 7 Mar. 2025
Bob Goodson, a notorious hoarder, had recently moved house.
—Christian Stadler, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
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“Hoarder.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hoarder. Accessed 4 Apr. 2025.
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hoarder
noun
hoard·er
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: a person affected with hoarding disorder
Most hoarders … know that their behavior is socially unacceptable and as a result actively conceal it from others.—Sandra G. Boodman
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