reaper
One who reaps; a person employed to harvest crops from the fields by reapingOne who reaps; a person employed to harvest crops from the fields by reaping.
» The grim reaper has the maximum body count.
Meaning
4 sensesOne who reaps; a person employed to harvest crops from the fields by reaping.
Schnitter, Mäher, Mähder
жнецžnec
someone who helps to gather the harvest
A machine used to harvest crops.
A recluse spider (Loxosceles and Sicarius spp.).
(India, obsolete)Each of the small laths laid across the rafters of a sloping roof to bear the tiles.
Examples
8 sentencesThe grim reaper has the maximum body count.
We must prepare the reapers, not only to cut down the tares of today, but to reap the wheat of tomorrow.
We got some Carolina Reaper seeds.
Ziri's Halloween costume reminded Rima of the Grim Reaper.
The Grim Reaper slowly extended his right arm towards Yanni.
ruМрачный Жнец медленно протянул правую руку к Янни.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English reper, repare, repere, *riper (the last, attested only in surnames RypFrom Middle English reper, repare, repere, *riper (the last, attested only in surnames Ryper, Riper, etc.), from Old English rīpere (“reaper”), equivalent to reap + -er.
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Forms
plural: reapersSynonyms
2 synonyms- farm machine that gathers a food crop from the fields:harvester
- Death personified as an old man or a skeleton with a scythe:Grim Reaper
- someone who helps to gather the harvest:harvester