This straightforward noun denotes someone who keeps or works in a garden. John 20:15 records Mary Magdalene's initial assumption that the risen Jesus was the gardener of the tomb's garden. The multilingual glosses (gardener, jardinero, jardinier, Gärtner) all align perfectly. This mistaken identity is rich with irony—she mistakes the author of life for one who tends plants, and the new Adam for a mere garden keeper.