1. a person who indulges in idle daydreaming or impractical fantasizing
Usage: often implies someone who is absent-minded or not focused on practical matters

Examples

• The teacher called him a woolgatherer because he was always staring out the window.
• She’s such a woolgatherer that she forgot about the meeting entirely.
• His reputation as a woolgatherer made his colleagues doubt his ability to handle practical tasks.
• The novel’s protagonist is a charming woolgatherer who lives in a world of imagination.
• Don’t be such a woolgatherer—we need to focus on the budget proposal.
• Her friends affectionately called her a woolgatherer for her tendency to drift into fantasy.